Fier weather in March

In March, Fier sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 88 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Fier's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fier's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 88 mm; 10.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:01 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Fier is town in Fier County, Albania.

Density: 722/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1869

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical March day in Fier reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 3°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	8
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	9
23	16	9
24	17	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	10
31	17	10

How March really feels in Fier

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Fier weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 5°	76	9.9	9.4	3.3
Feb	13° / 6°	81	10	10.4	3.7
Mar	16° / 8°	88	10.2	11.7	5.1
Apr	19° / 11°	76	10.2	13.1	6.3
May	24° / 16°	56	7.5	14.2	7.6
Jun	28° / 19°	35	5.6	14.9	6.9
Jul	31° / 22°	26	4.2	14.6	5.7
Aug	31° / 22°	27	4.4	13.6	5.4
Sep	27° / 19°	89	8.9	12.3	6.9
Oct	23° / 15°	100	9	10.9	7.2
Nov	18° / 11°	116	10.8	9.7	5.6
Dec	13° / 7°	108	11.9	9.1	3.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	55	55	55	55	55	56	58	59	59	60	61	62	62	63	64	64	63	63	62	62	61	60	60	59	59	58	57	57	57	57	58
Cloudier (%)	45	45	45	45	45	44	42	41	41	40	39	38	38	37	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	43	43	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	56	44
7	58	42
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Fier gets around 88 mm of rain over 10.2 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	38
6	38
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	34
12	33
13	32
14	31
15	30
16	30
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	30
25	30
26	30
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	32
31	32

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:25 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:57 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:36
Sunset (PM)	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	6:25	5:25
2	11.0	6:24	5:26
3	11.1	6:22	5:27
4	11.1	6:21	5:28
5	11.2	6:19	5:29
6	11.2	6:18	5:30
7	11.3	6:16	5:31
8	11.3	6:15	5:32
9	11.3	6:13	5:34
10	11.4	6:11	5:35
11	11.4	6:10	5:36
12	11.5	6:08	5:37
13	11.5	6:06	5:38
14	11.6	6:05	5:39
15	11.6	6:03	5:40
16	11.7	6:01	5:41
17	11.7	6:00	5:42
18	11.8	5:58	5:44
19	11.8	5:56	5:45
20	11.8	5:55	5:46
21	11.9	5:53	5:47
22	11.9	5:51	5:48
23	12.0	5:50	5:49
24	12.0	5:48	5:50
25	12.1	5:46	5:51
26	12.1	5:45	5:52
27	12.2	5:43	5:53
28	12.2	5:41	5:54
29	12.3	5:39	5:55
30	12.3	5:38	5:56
31	12.4	5:36	5:57

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Fier?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Fier for sightseeing.

What to pack for Fier in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Fier sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Fier in March

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 27 to Nov 6 — about 5.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	16	19	22	24	25	24	22	19	17
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Fier in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fier peaks around July 19 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	7	9	9	9	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Fier?

Fier sits at 40.7°N, 19.6°E, 28 m above sea level, in Albania. The nearest listed city is Fier-Çifçi, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Fier

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Fier.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fier has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 557 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,377 m.

The land around Fier is covered by cropland (30%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (38%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (34%), water (32%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

cropland 30%

16 km

557 m

grassland 38%

80 km

2,377 m

trees 34%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← February Fier year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Fier-Çifçi 1.0 km · Patos 7.0 km · Patos Fshat 12 km · Lushnjë 27 km · Vlorë 29 km · Kuçovë 31 km · Berat 33 km · Peqin 39 km

Albania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 43% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $12,998; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 71%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 11.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 532
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Fier (40.7251°, 19.5582°, elevation 28 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	8
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	9
23	16	9
24	17	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	10
31	17	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	56	44
7	58	42
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	38
6	38
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	34
12	33
13	32
14	31
15	30
16	30
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	30
25	30
26	30
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	8
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	9
23	16	9
24	17	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	10
31	17	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	56	44
7	58	42
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	38
6	38
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	34
12	33
13	32
14	31
15	30
16	30
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	30
25	30
26	30
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	8
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	16	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	9
23	16	9
24	17	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	10
31	17	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	56	44
7	58	42
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	38
6	38
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	34
12	33
13	32
14	31
15	30
16	30
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	30
25	30
26	30
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2