Climate averages 1991–2020
Žilina weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Žilina: daytime highs average 7.1°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banská Bystrica (62 km away). In March its highs average 7.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Žilina, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Žilina ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 8.7°C; Žilina is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 67 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
Žilina 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 | 63 | 12.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 2.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 7.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 68 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 67 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 98 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 106 | 15.4 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 116 | 16.0 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 92 | 12.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 83 | 12.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 69 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 6.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 63 | 11.4 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.7°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 64 | 12.1 | 8.38 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
- Banská Bystrica in MarchSlovakia · 62 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Havířov in MarchCzechia · 66 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in MarchPoland · 70 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Ostrava in MarchCzechia · 76 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Zlín in MarchCzechia · 78 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Jastrzębie Zdrój in MarchPoland · 82 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Rybnik in MarchPoland · 98 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Tychy in MarchPoland · 103 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.9°C · 52 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 Žilina) is explained once on the Žilina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.