Budapest Weather in March
Budapest in March
The short of it: Budapest in March averages a high of 11 °C (53 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 32 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 3° · rain 32 mm · daylight 11 h 45 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
March in Budapest brings afternoons near 11° and nights around 3°, with about 32 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from February to about 11°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 32 mm, the 11th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 45 min in mid-March, 94 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Budapest runs about middling and wetter than most in March. Budapest I. kerület, 0 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
March in Budapest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 7° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest I. kerületBudapest | 0 km SSW | 11° | 3° | 32 mm |
| BudaBudapest | 1 km WNW | 11° | 2° | 32 mm |
| Budapest V. kerületBudapest | 1 km E | 12° | 3° | 32 mm |
| NaphegyPest County | 2 km SW | 11° | 3° | 32 mm |
| Budapest VI. kerületBudapest | 2 km ENE | 12° | 3° | 34 mm |
| Budapest XII. kerületBudapest | 2 km WSW | 11° | 3° | 32 mm |
| ÚjlipótvárosBudapest | 2 km NNE | 12° | 3° | 34 mm |
| ErzsébetvárosBudapest | 2 km E | 12° | 3° | 34 mm |