Patras weather in March

In March, Patras sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 99 mm of precipitation across 11.9 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 35% 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 Patras's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Patras's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 99 mm; 11.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:52 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 8th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Patras is city in Greece.

Density: 1,340/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 Patras reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 18°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	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Patras 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 5°	118	11.5	0.3	9.6	2.8
Feb	12° / 5°	111	11.9	0.5	10.5	3.0
Mar	14° / 7°	99	11.9	0.1	11.7	4.1
Apr	18° / 10°	70	9.7	0	13	5.8
May	22° / 14°	52	8.5	0	14	7.3
Jun	27° / 18°	23	4.1	0	14.6	7.9
Jul	30° / 21°	13	3.3	0	14.4	6.7
Aug	30° / 21°	14	3.3	0	13.5	6.3
Sep	26° / 18°	51	6.8	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	22° / 14°	74	8.1	0	11	7.2
Nov	17° / 10°	123	10.8	0	9.9	5.4
Dec	13° / 7°	126	13.1	0.2	9.4	3.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 45%. 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 (%)	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	53	53	53	54	55	55	56	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	55
Cloudier (%)	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	47	47	47	46	45	45	44	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Patras gets around 99 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 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 38% and peaks near 42% 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 (%)	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	41
6	41
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

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 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.

	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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	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 7:14 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:48 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	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	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	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:28
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:14	6:18
2	11.1	7:13	6:19
3	11.2	7:11	6:20
4	11.2	7:10	6:21
5	11.2	7:09	6:23
6	11.3	7:07	6:24
7	11.3	7:06	6:25
8	11.4	7:04	6:26
9	11.4	7:03	6:27
10	11.4	7:01	6:28
11	11.5	7:00	6:29
12	11.5	6:58	6:30
13	11.6	6:57	6:31
14	11.6	6:55	6:32
15	11.7	6:53	6:33
16	11.7	6:52	6:34
17	11.7	6:50	6:34
18	11.8	6:49	6:35
19	11.8	6:47	6:36
20	11.9	6:46	6:37
21	11.9	6:44	6:38
22	11.9	6:42	6:39
23	12.0	6:41	6:40
24	12.0	6:39	6:41
25	12.1	6:38	6:42
26	12.1	6:36	6:43
27	12.2	6:35	6:44
28	12.2	6:33	6:45
29	12.2	6:31	6:46
30	12.3	6:30	6:47
31	12.3	6:28	6:48

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.85 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.33 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)	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Patras

In seasonPeak

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

Patras's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Patras?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Patras for sightseeing.

What to pack for Patras in March

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

In March, Patras sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Patras in March

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Nov 16 — about 5.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	16	19	22	25	26	25	23	20	17
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Refreshing
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Patras 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 Patras peaks around June 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (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	3	5	7	7	9	9	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

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

Air quality in Patras 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 Patras is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 9 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)	12	13	15	16	15	12	13	15	10	10	10	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	12	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	10	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Patras?

Patras sits at 38.2°N, 21.7°E, 52 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Aígio, 30 km away.

Topography around Patras

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Patras has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,919 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,466 m.

The land around Patras is covered by water (41%), artificial surfaces (36%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, water (43%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

267 m

water 41%

16 km

1,919 m

water 43%

80 km

2,466 m

trees 52%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

March weather nearby: Aígio 30 km · Agrínio 51 km · Amaliáda 60 km · Archaia Olympia 67 km · Pýrgos 69 km · Delphi 71 km · Zakynthos 90 km · Lamía 95 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 Patras (38.2462°, 21.7351°, elevation 52 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. 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	13	6
2	13	6
3	13	6
4	13	6
5	13	6
6	13	6
7	13	6
8	13	6
9	14	6
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	14	7
13	14	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	14	7
17	14	7
18	14	7
19	14	7
20	14	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	8
25	15	8
26	15	8
27	15	8
28	15	8
29	15	8
30	15	8
31	16	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	41
6	41
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	41
6	41
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	41
6	41
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	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