Hódmezővásárhely weather in March

In March, Hódmezővásárhely sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 8.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 Hódmezővásárhely's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hódmezővásárhely's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:01 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover
63%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
3.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Hódmezővásárhely is city in south-east Hungary.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical March day in Hódmezővásárhely reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
180
290
390
491
591
6101
7101
8101
9101
10101
11111
12112
13112
14112
15112
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31155

How March really feels in Hódmezővásárhely

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 22 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
22
wind chill below the day's low

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

Hódmezővásárhely weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°347.83.18.80.0
Feb / -2°388.12.8100.4
Mar12° / 408.51.511.63.1
Apr18° / 468.80.213.35.7
May23° / 12°6011014.86.6
Jun26° / 15°6611.1015.56.5
Jul28° / 17°599.3015.26.1
Aug28° / 17°487.70146.4
Sep23° / 12°587.6012.47.2
Oct17° / 487.8010.75.7
Nov10° / 457.50.99.22.4
Dec / -1°489.12.68.50.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23763
33862
43862
53961
63961
73961
84159
94159
104159
114357
124357
134258
144357
154357
164456
174456
184456
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204456
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224456
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244456
254555
264654
274555
284654
294555
304654
314654

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Hódmezővásárhely gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 8.5 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 32% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1328
2317
3317
4307
5296
6296
7286
8275
9275
10265
11265
12265
13255
14255
15255
16254
17254
18254
19264
20264
21264
22274
23274
24274
25274
26273
27263
28263
29263
30262
31262

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
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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 6:29 AM to 5:31 AM, and sunset from 5:15 PM to 5:57 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.86:295:15
210.86:275:16
310.96:265:18
410.96:245:19
511.06:225:20
611.06:205:22
711.16:185:23
811.16:165:25
911.26:145:26
1011.36:125:28
1111.36:105:29
1211.46:085:30
1311.46:075:32
1411.56:055:33
1511.56:035:35
1611.66:015:36
1711.65:595:37
1811.75:575:39
1911.85:555:40
2011.85:535:42
2111.95:515:43
2211.95:495:44
2312.05:475:46
2412.05:455:47
2512.15:435:49
2612.25:415:50
2712.25:395:51
2812.35:375:53
2912.35:355:54
3012.45:335:55
3112.45:315:57

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.8Moderate
22.8Moderate
32.9Moderate
42.9Moderate
53.0Moderate
63.0Moderate
73.1Moderate
83.1Moderate
93.2Moderate
103.2Moderate
113.3Moderate
123.3Moderate
133.4Moderate
143.4Moderate
153.5Moderate
163.5Moderate
173.5Moderate
183.6Moderate
193.6Moderate
203.7Moderate
213.7Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.8Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.9Moderate
264.0Moderate
274.0Bright
284.1Bright
294.2Bright
304.2Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Hódmezővásárhely?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hódmezővásárhely.

What to pack for Hódmezővásárhely in March

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

In March, Hódmezővásárhely sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Hódmezővásárhely 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 Hódmezővásárhely peaks around July 12 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 12UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hódmezővásárhely?

Hódmezővásárhely sits at 46.4°N, 20.3°E, 80 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Újszeged, 23 km away.

OrosházaCsongrádKiskunfélegyházaSzarvas

Topography around Hódmezővásárhely

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hódmezővásárhely has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 81 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m.

The land around Hódmezővásárhely is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), grassland (26%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (74%) within 16 km, and cropland (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
39 m
80 km
105 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Újszeged 23 km · Szeged 23 km · Makó 25 km · Szentes 27 km · Orosháza 30 km · Csongrád 36 km · Kiskunfélegyháza 50 km · Szarvas 53 km

Hungary travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$25,907
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 590
Religion
no answer 40%Catholic 30%none 16%Calvinist 10%

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 Hódmezővásárhely (46.4167°, 20.3333°, elevation 80 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).