Rakovski weather in March

In March, Rakovski sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 8.9 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 Rakovski's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rakovski's year-round climate.

Daytime high
13°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
55 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:40 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
58%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
3.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Rakovski is city in Rakovski municipality, Plovdiv oblast, Bulgaria.

Density
161/km²
people per km²
Founded
1966

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 11°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Rakovski reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2111
3111
4111
5111
6111
7112
8112
9122
10122
11122
12122
13122
14122
15122
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20133
21133
22143
23143
24143
25144
26144
27144
28154
29154
30154
31155

How March really feels in Rakovski

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 13 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
13
wind chill below the day's low

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

Rakovski weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°426.83.59.30.2
Feb / -1°4172.810.31.5
Mar13° / 558.92.111.63.6
Apr18° / 498.80.313.15.9
May23° / 12°6210.5014.46.8
Jun27° / 15°529.20156.5
Jul30° / 18°457.8014.85.7
Aug30° / 17°294.8013.76.0
Sep25° / 13°445.5012.37.8
Oct19° / 446.50.210.86.5
Nov12° / 425.70.99.63.6
Dec / -1°497.72.790.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34852
44753
54753
64753
74753
84753
94753
104654
114654
124753
134753
144951
154951
164951
174951
185050
195149
205149
215149
225050
234951
245050
255050
264852
274852
284852
294852
304852
314951

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Rakovski gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 8.9 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 29% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1288
2289
3299
4299
5299
6299
7289
8288
9288
10288
11288
12288
13288
14288
15287
16287
17287
18287
19286
20286
21296
22296
23295
24305
25305
26305
27304
28304
29304
30303
31303

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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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

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 7:06 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:36 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:066:01
211.07:046:02
311.07:026:04
411.17:016:05
511.16:596:06
611.26:576:07
711.26:566:08
811.36:546:10
911.36:526:11
1011.46:516:12
1111.46:496:13
1211.56:476:14
1311.56:466:16
1411.56:446:17
1511.66:426:18
1611.66:406:19
1711.76:396:20
1811.76:376:21
1911.86:356:23
2011.86:336:24
2111.96:326:25
2211.96:306:26
2312.06:286:27
2412.06:266:28
2512.16:246:30
2612.16:236:31
2712.26:216:32
2812.26:196:33
2912.36:176:34
3012.36:166:35
3112.46:146:36

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.59 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 3.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.3Moderate
23.3Moderate
33.4Moderate
43.4Moderate
53.5Moderate
63.5Moderate
73.5Moderate
83.6Moderate
93.6Moderate
103.7Moderate
113.7Moderate
123.8Moderate
133.8Moderate
143.9Moderate
153.9Moderate
163.9Moderate
174.0Moderate
184.0Bright
194.1Bright
204.1Bright
214.1Bright
224.2Bright
234.2Bright
244.3Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Rakovski?

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

3.6
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 Rakovski.

What to pack for Rakovski in March

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

In March, Rakovski sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Rakovski in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rakovski peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 highVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 9Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rakovski?

Rakovski sits at 42.3°N, 25.0°E, 174 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Plovdiv, 23 km away.

ParvomayAsenovgradChirpanKarlovoKazanlakPazardzhikStara Zagora

Topography around Rakovski

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rakovski has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 183 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,296 m.

The land around Rakovski is covered by cropland (67%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
371 m
80 km
2,296 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Plovdiv 23 km · Parvomay 29 km · Asenovgrad 31 km · Chirpan 32 km · Karlovo 41 km · Kazanlak 51 km · Pazardzhik 53 km · Stara Zagora 58 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 Rakovski (42.2882°, 24.9678°, elevation 174 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).