Climate averages 1991–2020
Ploieşti weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Ploieşti: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (58 km away). In March its highs average 11.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Ploieşti, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Ploieşti ranks joint 12th of 27 for the warmest March highs and joint 14th of 27 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 27 cities is 9.8°C; Ploieşti is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ploieşti climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 40 | 7.1 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.6°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 37 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 10.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 49 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 59 | 10.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 77 | 12.9 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 85 | 12.9 | 15.516 h |
| July | 26.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 72 | 9.9 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 46 | 8.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 57 | 7.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 49 | 7.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | 4.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 49 | 7.5 | 8.89 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Bucharest in MarchRomania · 58 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Buzău in MarchRomania · 68 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Braşov in MarchRomania · 84 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Piteşti in MarchRomania · 91 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Ruse in MarchBulgaria · 123 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MarchRomania · 131 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Brăila in MarchRomania · 158 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Galaţi in MarchRomania · 168 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.5°C · 39 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ploieşti) is explained once on the Ploieşti year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.