Pazardzhik weather in March

In March, Pazardzhik sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Pazardzhik's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pazardzhik's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
63 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:43 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
59%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
3.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Pazardzhik is city in Pazardzhik municipality, Pazardzhik oblast, Bulgaria.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 33.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,477/km²
people per km²
Founded
1485

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical March day in Pazardzhik reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Pazardzhik

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 17 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
17
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Pazardzhik weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°477.64.89.30.1
Feb / -2°4884.510.31.2
Mar12° / 63103.511.63.2
Apr17° / 539.30.813.15.4
May22° / 10°6110.8014.46.6
Jun26° / 14°4890157.0
Jul28° / 16°406.8014.86.8
Aug29° / 16°264.7013.76.9
Sep24° / 12°435.7012.37.8
Oct18° / 497.30.310.86.1
Nov12° / 476.81.59.63.2
Dec / -2°599.14.390.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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114654
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Pazardzhik gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 10 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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83214
93214
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223110
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27337
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31335

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.

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Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min 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 90 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:08 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:39 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:086:04
211.07:066:05
311.07:056:06
411.17:036:07
511.17:026:09
611.27:006:10
711.26:586:11
811.36:576:12
911.36:556:13
1011.46:536:15
1111.46:526:16
1211.56:506:17
1311.56:486:18
1411.56:466:19
1511.66:456:21
1611.66:436:22
1711.76:416:23
1811.76:396:24
1911.86:386:25
2011.86:366:26
2111.96:346:28
2211.96:326:29
2312.06:316:30
2412.06:296:31
2512.16:276:32
2612.16:256:33
2712.26:236:34
2812.26:226:36
2912.36:206:37
3012.36:186:38
3112.46:166:39

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 3.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.4Moderate
23.4Moderate
33.5Moderate
43.5Moderate
53.5Moderate
63.6Moderate
73.6Moderate
83.7Moderate
93.7Moderate
103.8Moderate
113.8Moderate
123.9Moderate
133.9Moderate
143.9Moderate
154.0Moderate
164.0Bright
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244.3Bright
254.4Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Pazardzhik?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pazardzhik.

What to pack for Pazardzhik in March

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

In March, Pazardzhik sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Pazardzhik in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pazardzhik peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pazardzhik?

Pazardzhik sits at 42.2°N, 24.3°E, 213 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Peshtera, 19 km away.

VelingradPlovdivPanagyurishteAsenovgradRakovskiKarlovoSamokov

Topography around Pazardzhik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pazardzhik has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 207 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 688 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,778 m.

The land around Pazardzhik is covered by cropland (51%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
688 m
80 km
2,778 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Peshtera 19 km · Velingrad 34 km · Plovdiv 35 km · Panagyurishte 35 km · Asenovgrad 48 km · Rakovski 53 km · Karlovo 62 km · Samokov 66 km

Bulgaria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 23% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$20,328
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
96%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
9.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 594
Religion
Christian 65%Muslim 10%none 5%other 0%

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 Pazardzhik (42.1993°, 24.3332°, elevation 213 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. 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).