Olbia weather in March

In March, Olbia sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 55 mm of rain across 8 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 14°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Olbia's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Olbia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 55 mm; 8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:42 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 6th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.51 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM10 20.6 µg/m³ · 2019

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 14°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Olbia reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 5°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 2°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	15	15	15	15	15	15	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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	9
2	14	9
3	14	9
4	14	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	10
15	15	10
16	15	10
17	15	10
18	15	10
19	15	10
20	15	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

Olbia 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	13° / 9°	56	8.5	9.4	3.8
Feb	13° / 8°	43	8.1	10.4	3.8
Mar	15° / 10°	55	8	11.7	4.7
Apr	17° / 11°	51	8.2	13.1	5.7
May	20° / 15°	42	5.9	14.3	7.3
Jun	24° / 19°	16	2.8	14.9	8.6
Jul	27° / 21°	7	1.2	14.6	8.6
Aug	28° / 22°	11	2.3	13.6	8.1
Sep	25° / 19°	36	5.4	12.3	8.0
Oct	21° / 16°	63	7.9	10.9	7.1
Nov	17° / 13°	78	10.3	9.7	5.5
Dec	14° / 10°	62	9.3	9.1	4.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 36%.

	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	62	62	64	64	66	66	67	68	68	69	69	69	68	68	66	66	64	64	63	62	61	60	60	59	59	58	59	59
Cloudier (%)	39	39	39	38	38	36	36	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	32	32	34	34	36	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	41	42	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Olbia gets around 55 mm of rain over 8 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 26% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29

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

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98
Comfortable (%)	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	1	1	1	1	1	2

	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	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

Wind in March

Winds average 17 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	17	light breeze
11	17	light breeze
12	17	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 84 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:38 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)	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:16
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:06	6:05
2	11.0	7:04	6:06
3	11.1	7:03	6:07
4	11.1	7:01	6:08
5	11.2	7:00	6:09
6	11.2	6:58	6:10
7	11.2	6:57	6:11
8	11.3	6:55	6:13
9	11.3	6:53	6:14
10	11.4	6:52	6:15
11	11.4	6:50	6:16
12	11.5	6:48	6:17
13	11.5	6:47	6:18
14	11.6	6:45	6:19
15	11.6	6:43	6:20
16	11.7	6:42	6:22
17	11.7	6:40	6:23
18	11.8	6:38	6:24
19	11.8	6:37	6:25
20	11.8	6:35	6:26
21	11.9	6:33	6:27
22	11.9	6:32	6:28
23	12.0	6:30	6:29
24	12.0	6:28	6:30
25	12.1	6:26	6:31
26	12.1	6:25	6:32
27	12.2	6:23	6:34
28	12.2	6:21	6:35
29	12.3	6:20	6:36
30	12.3	6:18	6:37
31	12.4	6:16	6:38

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.44 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.51 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)	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	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	5.2	5.2
Level	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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Olbia?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Olbia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Olbia in March

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

In March, Olbia sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Olbia in March

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 10 to Oct 19 — about 4.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	14	14	15	17	21	24	25	23	20	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Olbia 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 Olbia peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	4	7	8	10	7	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Olbia?

Olbia sits at 40.9°N, 9.5°E, 15 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Nuoro, 69 km away.

Topography around Olbia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Olbia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 727 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,434 m.

The land around Olbia is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, trees (32%), grassland (24%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and water (47%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

63 m

artificial surfaces 39%

16 km

727 m

trees 32%

80 km

1,434 m

water 47%

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

March weather nearby: Nuoro 69 km · Monte Rosello 81 km · Sassari 82 km · Porto Torres 92 km · Alghero 107 km · Ajaccio 128 km · Oristano 137 km · Sinnai 182 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 69% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $43,309; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 513
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 Olbia (40.9234°, 9.498°, elevation 15 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	9
2	14	9
3	14	9
4	14	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	10
15	15	10
16	15	10
17	15	10
18	15	10
19	15	10
20	15	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	62	38
5	62	38
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	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	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	9
2	14	9
3	14	9
4	14	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	10
15	15	10
16	15	10
17	15	10
18	15	10
19	15	10
20	15	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	62	38
5	62	38
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	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	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	9
2	14	9
3	14	9
4	14	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	10
15	15	10
16	15	10
17	15	10
18	15	10
19	15	10
20	15	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	62	38
5	62	38
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	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	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2