Sofia Weather in March
Sofia in March
The short of it: Sofia in March averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 47 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 11 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 0° · rain 47 mm · daylight 11 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & October
Thirty years of records give Sofia an average March high of 11°, a low of 0° and some 47 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against February, to near 11°; nights run about 0°. Rain is modest, about 47 mm, the 6th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 48 min in mid-March, 79 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and October.
Against its neighbours, Sofia runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Negovan, 10 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
March in Sofia, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NegovanSofia-Capital | 10 km NE | 12° | 0° | 47 mm |
| ChepintsiSofia-Capital | 11 km NE | 12° | 0° | 48 mm |
| SvetovrachaneSofia-Capital | 11 km NNE | 12° | 0° | 47 mm |
| BozhurishteSofia | 13 km NW | 12° | -1° | 46 mm |
| ChelopecheneSofia-Capital | 13 km ENE | 12° | 0° | 47 mm |
| KostinbrodSofia | 16 km NNW | 12° | -1° | 47 mm |
| LozenSofia-Capital | 16 km SE | 10° | -1° | 48 mm |
| KremikovtsiSofia-Capital | 17 km ENE | 11° | -1° | 48 mm |