Climate averages 1991–2020
Busan weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Busan: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimhae (20 km away). In March its highs average 12.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Busan, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Busan ranks joint 24th of 79 for the warmest March highs and 72nd of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Busan is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 121 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
Busan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 37 | 4.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 47 | 5.2 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 11.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 89 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 121 | 8.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 19.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 130 | 7.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 167 | 9.2 | 14.514 h |
| July | 25.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 228 | 11.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 27.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 181 | 11.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 159 | 8.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 72 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 52 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 33 | 4.1 | 9.810 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
- Kimhae in MarchSouth Korea · 20 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Gijang in MarchSouth Korea · 23 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Yangsan in MarchSouth Korea · 27 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Changwon in MarchSouth Korea · 35 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Ungsang in MarchSouth Korea · 36 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Geoje in MarchSouth Korea · 44 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Sinhyeon in MarchSouth Korea · 44 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Naesŏ in MarchSouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.9°C · 70 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 Busan) is explained once on the Busan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.