Paros weather in March

In March, Paros sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 43 mm of rain across 6.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 Paros's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paros's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 43 mm; 6.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:38 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 8th clearest
Wind: 27 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Paros is settlement in Greece.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical March day in Paros reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 2°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)	14	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	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14

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

Paros weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 12°	80	10.9	9.7	4.0
Feb	14° / 12°	64	9.3	10.6	4.1
Mar	15° / 13°	43	6.5	11.7	4.9
Apr	16° / 15°	17	3.2	12.9	6.4
May	19° / 18°	9	1.7	14	8.0
Jun	23° / 22°	1	0.2	14.5	9.5
Jul	25° / 24°	0	0.1	14.3	9.8
Aug	25° / 24°	0	0.1	13.4	9.6
Sep	24° / 22°	6	1.1	12.3	9.3
Oct	21° / 19°	29	3.9	11	7.9
Nov	18° / 16°	42	6.5	10	6.4
Dec	15° / 13°	67	10.4	9.5	4.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	65	66	66	66	66	66	68	68	69	70	70	71	71	72	74	74	75	75	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	71	70	70	70	70	69
Cloudier (%)	35	34	34	34	34	34	32	32	31	30	30	29	29	28	26	26	25	25	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	29	30	30	30	30	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	73	27
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Paros gets around 43 mm of rain over 6.5 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 21% and peaks near 24% 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 (%)	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

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 88% 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 (%)	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	83	82	81	80
Comfortable (%)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	20

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	81	19
31	80	20

Wind in March

Winds average 27 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 26 km/h on the calmest days to 28 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)	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

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 6:59 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:34 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)	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48	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	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:15
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:59	6:06
2	11.1	6:58	6:07
3	11.2	6:57	6:08
4	11.2	6:55	6:09
5	11.3	6:54	6:10
6	11.3	6:53	6:11
7	11.3	6:51	6:12
8	11.4	6:50	6:13
9	11.4	6:48	6:14
10	11.5	6:47	6:15
11	11.5	6:45	6:16
12	11.5	6:44	6:16
13	11.6	6:42	6:17
14	11.6	6:41	6:18
15	11.7	6:39	6:19
16	11.7	6:38	6:20
17	11.7	6:36	6:21
18	11.8	6:35	6:22
19	11.8	6:33	6:23
20	11.9	6:32	6:24
21	11.9	6:30	6:25
22	11.9	6:29	6:26
23	12.0	6:27	6:27
24	12.0	6:26	6:28
25	12.1	6:24	6:28
26	12.1	6:23	6:29
27	12.2	6:21	6:30
28	12.2	6:20	6:31
29	12.2	6:18	6:32
30	12.3	6:16	6:33
31	12.3	6:15	6:34

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.91 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)	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Paros?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Paros for sightseeing.

What to pack for Paros in March

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

In March, Paros sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Paros 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 30 to Nov 3 — about 5.2 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	17	19	22	23	24	23	22	19	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	23	Refreshing
Aug	24	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Paros 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 Paros peaks around June 23 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	Moderate	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	Moderate
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 Paros?

Paros sits at 37.1°N, 25.1°E, 0 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Naxos, 20 km away.

Topography around Paros

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paros has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 450 m around an average of 86 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 740 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 981 m.

The land around Paros is covered by grassland (48%) and water (28%) within 3 km, water (72%) within 16 km, and water (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

450 m

grassland 48%

16 km

740 m

water 72%

80 km

981 m

water 91%

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

March weather nearby: Naxos 20 km · Mykonos 43 km · Oia 72 km · Fira 78 km · Artémida 141 km · Koropí 145 km · Vári 145 km · Voúla 148 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 Paros (37.0833°, 25.15°, elevation 0 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	14	13
2	14	13
3	14	13
4	14	13
5	14	13
6	14	13
7	14	13
8	14	13
9	14	13
10	14	13
11	14	13
12	14	13
13	14	13
14	14	13
15	14	13
16	14	13
17	14	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	14
30	15	14
31	15	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	73	27
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	81	19
31	80	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	73	27
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	81	19
31	80	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	73	27
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	81	19
31	80	20