Pula weather in March

In March, Pula sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 70 mm of precipitation across 8.7 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Pula's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pula's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 70 mm; 8.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:26 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 6th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Pula is city and settlement in Istria County, Croatia.

Density: 971/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~176 BCE

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 10°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical March day in Pula reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°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)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Pula weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 7°	70	9.2	0.3	9	2.1
Feb	9° / 7°	75	8.6	0.6	10.1	2.1
Mar	11° / 9°	70	8.7	0.2	11.6	3.0
Apr	14° / 12°	66	9	0	13.2	4.4
May	18° / 16°	64	8.4	0	14.6	6.4
Jun	23° / 20°	47	6.6	0	15.3	7.7
Jul	25° / 23°	39	4.9	0	15	8.2
Aug	26° / 23°	52	6	0	13.9	8.0
Sep	22° / 20°	115	9.4	0	12.3	7.0
Oct	18° / 16°	128	11.2	0	10.7	5.9
Nov	14° / 12°	149	13.4	0	9.4	3.9
Dec	11° / 9°	104	10.8	0.2	8.7	2.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 40%.

	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 (%)	56	56	58	58	59	60	61	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	65	65	64	64	62	62	61	60	59	59	58	57	57	57	57	56	56
Cloudier (%)	44	44	42	42	41	40	39	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	35	35	36	36	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	43	43	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Pula gets around 70 mm of rain and snow over 8.7 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 27% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	34	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	25	24	23	22	21	21	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	31
Snow chance (%)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	33	1
4	32	1
5	31	1
6	30	1
7	29	1
8	28	1
9	27	1
10	25	1
11	24	1
12	23	1
13	22	1
14	21	1
15	21	1
16	21	1
17	22	1
18	22	1
19	23	1
20	24	0
21	25	0
22	26	0
23	27	0
24	28	0
25	29	0
26	29	0
27	30	0
28	30	0
29	31	0
30	31	0
31	31	0

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 19 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 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 96 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 6:22 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)	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:57
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:21	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	6:53	5:43
2	10.9	6:51	5:44
3	10.9	6:50	5:45
4	11.0	6:48	5:47
5	11.0	6:46	5:48
6	11.1	6:44	5:49
7	11.1	6:43	5:51
8	11.2	6:41	5:52
9	11.2	6:39	5:53
10	11.3	6:37	5:55
11	11.3	6:35	5:56
12	11.4	6:33	5:57
13	11.5	6:32	5:59
14	11.5	6:30	6:00
15	11.6	6:28	6:01
16	11.6	6:26	6:03
17	11.7	6:24	6:04
18	11.7	6:22	6:05
19	11.8	6:20	6:07
20	11.8	6:18	6:08
21	11.9	6:16	6:09
22	11.9	6:14	6:10
23	12.0	6:13	6:12
24	12.0	6:11	6:13
25	12.1	6:09	6:14
26	12.1	6:07	6:16
27	12.2	6:05	6:17
28	12.3	6:03	6:18
29	12.3	6:01	6:19
30	12.4	5:59	6:21
31	12.4	5:57	6:22

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4 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	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	4.0	Moderate
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Pula

In seasonPeak

In March, Pula sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Pula's rainy season runs September–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Pula?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pula.

What to pack for Pula in March

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

In March, Pula sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 9°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Pula in March

The nearest coast averages about 11°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 5 to Oct 11 — about 4.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	12	11	11	13	17	22	24	25	22	20	17	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	12	Bracing
Feb	11	Bracing
Mar	11	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	20	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Pula 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 Pula peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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)	1	2	4	7	7	8	9	8	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Pula?

Pula sits at 44.9°N, 13.8°E, 11 m above sea level, in Croatia. The nearest listed city is Rovinj, 29 km away.

Topography around Pula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,378 m.

The land around Pula is covered by trees (37%), artificial surfaces (25%) and water (20%) within 3 km, water (57%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and water (61%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

85 m

trees 37%

16 km

260 m

water 57%

80 km

1,378 m

water 61%

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

March weather nearby: Rovinj 29 km · Cres 46 km · Rijeka 69 km · Koper 76 km · Piran 76 km · Trieste 87 km · Divača 91 km · Postojna 105 km

Croatia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 53% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $27,104; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 87%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 7.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 617
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 Pula (44.8683°, 13.8481°, elevation 11 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	10	8
2	10	8
3	10	8
4	10	8
5	10	8
6	11	8
7	11	8
8	11	9
9	11	9
10	11	9
11	11	9
12	11	9
13	11	9
14	11	9
15	11	9
16	11	9
17	11	9
18	11	9
19	11	9
20	12	9
21	12	10
22	12	10
23	12	10
24	12	10
25	12	10
26	12	10
27	12	10
28	12	10
29	12	10
30	12	10
31	12	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	33	1
4	32	1
5	31	1
6	30	1
7	29	1
8	28	1
9	27	1
10	25	1
11	24	1
12	23	1
13	22	1
14	21	1
15	21	1
16	21	1
17	22	1
18	22	1
19	23	1
20	24	0
21	25	0
22	26	0
23	27	0
24	28	0
25	29	0
26	29	0
27	30	0
28	30	0
29	31	0
30	31	0
31	31	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	33	1
4	32	1
5	31	1
6	30	1
7	29	1
8	28	1
9	27	1
10	25	1
11	24	1
12	23	1
13	22	1
14	21	1
15	21	1
16	21	1
17	22	1
18	22	1
19	23	1
20	24	0
21	25	0
22	26	0
23	27	0
24	28	0
25	29	0
26	29	0
27	30	0
28	30	0
29	31	0
30	31	0
31	31	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	33	1
4	32	1
5	31	1
6	30	1
7	29	1
8	28	1
9	27	1
10	25	1
11	24	1
12	23	1
13	22	1
14	21	1
15	21	1
16	21	1
17	22	1
18	22	1
19	23	1
20	24	0
21	25	0
22	26	0
23	27	0
24	28	0
25	29	0
26	29	0
27	30	0
28	30	0
29	31	0
30	31	0
31	31	0

	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