Bucharest Weather in March
Bucharest in March
The short of it: Bucharest in March averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 1 °C (33 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 11 h 47 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 12° · low 1° · rain 37 mm · daylight 11 h 47 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Bucharest an average March high of 12°, a low of 1° and some 37 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against February, to near 12°; nights run about 1°. Rain is modest, about 37 mm, the 9th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 11 h 47 min in mid-March, 84 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, Bucharest runs about middling and wetter than most in March. Sector 2, 3 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
March in Bucharest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 6° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 7° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sector 2Bucharest | 3 km NE | 12° | 1° | 36 mm |
| Sector 3Bucharest | 5 km E | 12° | 1° | 35 mm |
| Sector 5Bucharest | 6 km SSW | 12° | 0° | 36 mm |
| Sector 4Bucharest | 6 km S | 12° | 1° | 35 mm |
| Sector 6Bucharest | 7 km W | 12° | 1° | 35 mm |
| Popeşti-LeordeniIlfov | 7 km SE | 12° | 1° | 34 mm |
| PantelimonIlfov | 8 km ENE | 12° | 1° | 35 mm |
| Sector 1Bucharest | 8 km NW | 12° | 1° | 35 mm |