Svilengrad weather in March

In March, Svilengrad sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 8.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 Svilengrad's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Svilengrad's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 57 mm; 8.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:35 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Svilengrad is city in Svilengrad municipality, Haskovo oblast, Bulgaria.

Density: 213/km²; people per km²

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 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Svilengrad reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 5°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)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How March really feels in Svilengrad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 7 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

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

Svilengrad weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / -0°	54	7.4	2.7	9.3	1.0
Feb	9° / 1°	49	6.9	2	10.3	2.0
Mar	13° / 4°	57	8.6	1.4	11.7	3.8
Apr	18° / 8°	46	7.8	0.1	13.1	6.1
May	24° / 12°	52	9	0	14.3	7.1
Jun	28° / 17°	41	7.9	0	15	6.3
Jul	31° / 19°	36	5.5	0	14.7	5.1
Aug	32° / 19°	20	3.5	0	13.7	5.1
Sep	27° / 15°	30	4.3	0	12.3	7.5
Oct	20° / 10°	63	5.9	0.1	10.9	7.1
Nov	14° / 6°	57	6.5	0.4	9.6	4.4
Dec	8° / 1°	64	8.2	2.3	9	1.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 53%.

	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 (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	47	48	48	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	47
Cloudier (%)	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	53	52	52	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Svilengrad gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 8.6 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 28% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29
Snow chance (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1

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

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	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

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 7:00 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:31 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)	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	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)	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:09
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:00	5:57
2	11.0	6:59	5:58
3	11.0	6:57	5:59
4	11.1	6:55	6:00
5	11.1	6:54	6:02
6	11.2	6:52	6:03
7	11.2	6:50	6:04
8	11.3	6:49	6:05
9	11.3	6:47	6:06
10	11.4	6:46	6:07
11	11.4	6:44	6:09
12	11.5	6:42	6:10
13	11.5	6:40	6:11
14	11.6	6:39	6:12
15	11.6	6:37	6:13
16	11.7	6:35	6:14
17	11.7	6:34	6:16
18	11.7	6:32	6:17
19	11.8	6:30	6:18
20	11.8	6:28	6:19
21	11.9	6:27	6:20
22	11.9	6:25	6:21
23	12.0	6:23	6:22
24	12.0	6:21	6:24
25	12.1	6:20	6:25
26	12.1	6:18	6:26
27	12.2	6:16	6:27
28	12.2	6:14	6:28
29	12.3	6:13	6:29
30	12.3	6:11	6:30
31	12.4	6:09	6:31

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.82 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)	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Svilengrad?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Svilengrad.

What to pack for Svilengrad in March

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

In March, Svilengrad sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Svilengrad 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 Svilengrad peaks around July 14 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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	2	4	8	7	9	9	9	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	8	Very 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

Air quality in Svilengrad in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Svilengrad is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	14	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	11	11	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Svilengrad?

Svilengrad sits at 41.8°N, 26.2°E, 60 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Harmanli, 31 km away.

Topography around Svilengrad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Svilengrad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 651 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,242 m.

The land around Svilengrad is covered by cropland (47%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (46%), trees (26%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%), trees (31%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

115 m

cropland 47%

16 km

651 m

cropland 46%

80 km

1,242 m

cropland 46%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

March weather nearby: Harmanli 31 km · Edirne 31 km · Orestiáda 40 km · Haskovo 56 km · Dimitrovgrad 59 km · Uzunköprü 69 km · Kardzhali 70 km · Nova Zagora 81 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

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 Svilengrad (41.7684°, 26.1977°, elevation 60 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	11	2
2	11	2
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	12	3
6	12	3
7	12	3
8	12	3
9	12	3
10	12	3
11	12	3
12	12	3
13	13	3
14	13	3
15	13	3
16	13	3
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	14	4
24	14	4
25	14	5
26	15	5
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	5
31	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

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