Kalamata weather in March

In March, Kalamata sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 87 mm of rain across 10 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 13°C in the first days to 15°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 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Kalamata's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalamata's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 87 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:50 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Kalamata is city in Peloponnese, Greece.

Density: 214/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 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Kalamata reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 17°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)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Kalamata 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° / 8°	143	11.6	9.7	3.2
Feb	12° / 8°	114	11.5	10.6	3.3
Mar	14° / 9°	87	10	11.7	4.4
Apr	17° / 12°	50	6.2	12.9	6.2
May	21° / 15°	23	4.6	14	7.9
Jun	26° / 19°	13	2	14.5	8.8
Jul	28° / 22°	5	1.1	14.3	8.2
Aug	29° / 22°	7	1.6	13.4	7.6
Sep	25° / 20°	33	4.4	12.3	8.4
Oct	22° / 17°	64	7	11	7.4
Nov	17° / 13°	141	10.4	10	5.6
Dec	14° / 10°	142	12.9	9.5	3.8

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 20% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

	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 (%)	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	65	65	66	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	67	66	66	66
Cloudier (%)	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	35	35	34	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	34	34	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Kalamata gets around 87 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	31	31

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

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	99	99
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	0	0	0	0	1	1

	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	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
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30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:11 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:46 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)	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:11	6:18
2	11.1	7:10	6:19
3	11.2	7:09	6:20
4	11.2	7:07	6:21
5	11.3	7:06	6:22
6	11.3	7:05	6:23
7	11.3	7:03	6:24
8	11.4	7:02	6:25
9	11.4	7:00	6:26
10	11.5	6:59	6:27
11	11.5	6:57	6:28
12	11.5	6:56	6:29
13	11.6	6:54	6:30
14	11.6	6:53	6:31
15	11.7	6:52	6:31
16	11.7	6:50	6:32
17	11.7	6:49	6:33
18	11.8	6:47	6:34
19	11.8	6:45	6:35
20	11.9	6:44	6:36
21	11.9	6:42	6:37
22	11.9	6:41	6:38
23	12.0	6:39	6:39
24	12.0	6:38	6:40
25	12.1	6:36	6:41
26	12.1	6:35	6:41
27	12.2	6:33	6:42
28	12.2	6:32	6:43
29	12.2	6:30	6:44
30	12.3	6:29	6:45
31	12.3	6:27	6:46

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.59 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)	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Kalamata

In seasonPeak

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

Kalamata's rainy season runs November–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 Kalamata?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Kalamata for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kalamata in March

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

In March, Kalamata sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Kalamata in March

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 18 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Nov 26 — about 6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	16	16	16	19	22	25	26	25	23	21	18
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	21	Refreshing
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Kalamata 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 Kalamata peaks around June 22 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Kalamata?

Kalamata sits at 37.0°N, 22.1°E, 26 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Sparta, 28 km away.

Topography around Kalamata

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalamata has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,745 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,373 m.

The land around Kalamata is covered by trees (47%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and water (25%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and water (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

297 m

trees 47%

16 km

1,745 m

trees 53%

80 km

2,373 m

trees 42%

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

March weather nearby: Sparta 28 km · Trípoli 57 km · Archaia Olympia 80 km · Nafplio 85 km · Árgos 86 km · Pýrgos 92 km · Amaliáda 108 km · Kórinthos 125 km

Greece travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $26,948; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 8.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 592
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 Kalamata (37.0391°, 22.1126°, elevation 26 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	13	9
2	13	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	14	9
6	14	9
7	14	9
8	14	9
9	14	9
10	14	9
11	14	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	10
20	14	10
21	15	10
22	15	10
23	15	10
24	15	10
25	15	10
26	15	10
27	15	10
28	15	10
29	15	10
30	15	10
31	15	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

	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	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

	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	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

	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	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1