Climate averages 1991–2020
Târgu Jiu weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Târgu Jiu: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 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 Drobeta-Turnu Severin (68 km away). In March its highs average 11.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Târgu Jiu, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Târgu Jiu ranks 11th of 27 for the warmest March highs and 23rd of 27 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 27 cities is 9.8°C; Târgu Jiu is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 69 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
Târgu Jiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 55 | 8.7 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.9°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 51 | 8.9 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 10.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 62 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 69 | 10.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 78 | 10.9 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 76 | 9.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 64 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 52 | 7.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 66 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 70 | 9.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.6°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 69 | 9.6 | 9.610 h |
| December | 5.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 70 | 10.0 | 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
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in MarchRomania · 68 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MarchRomania · 85 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Craiova in MarchRomania · 91 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Sibiu in MarchRomania · 107 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Reşiţa in MarchRomania · 113 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Piteşti in MarchRomania · 127 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Timişoara in MarchRomania · 179 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in MarchRomania · 192 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -1.1°C · 49 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 Târgu Jiu) is explained once on the Târgu Jiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.