Climate averages 1991–2020
Banská Bystrica weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Banská Bystrica: daytime highs average 7.8°C and nights cool to about -0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Žilina (62 km away). In March its highs average 7.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Banská Bystrica, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Banská Bystrica ranks 5th of 6 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 8.7°C; Banská Bystrica is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Banská Bystrica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 49 | 10.1 | 8.89 h |
| February | 3.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 52 | 10.2 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 7.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 58 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 69 | 11.8 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 106 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 22.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 118 | 14.8 | 16.116 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 116 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 98 | 12.2 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 78 | 11.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 67 | 10.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 60 | 10.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 2.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 55 | 10.5 | 8.48 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Žilina in MarchSlovakia · 62 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Nitra in MarchSlovakia · 92 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in MarchPoland · 121 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Zlín in MarchCzechia · 121 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Havířov in MarchCzechia · 127 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Ostrava in MarchCzechia · 137 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Budapest in MarchHungary · 138 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Miskolc in MarchHungary · 139 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 36 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 Banská Bystrica) is explained once on the Banská Bystrica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.