Climate averages 1991–2020
Košice 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 Košice: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 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 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prešov (32 km away). In March its highs average 8.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Košice, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Košice ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 8.7°C; Košice is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 64 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
Košice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 31 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| February | 3.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 37 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 8.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 41 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 102 | 14.6 | 15.215 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 16.116 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 89 | 11.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 69 | 9.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 59 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 45 | 9.3 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 37 | 8.8 | 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
- Prešov in MarchSlovakia · 32 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -0.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Miskolc in MarchHungary · 77 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in MarchUkraine · 77 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in MarchHungary · 91 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in MarchPoland · 109 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Mukachevo in MarchUkraine · 112 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Debrecen in MarchHungary · 134 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Tarnów in MarchPoland · 146 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 50 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 Košice) is explained once on the Košice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.