Štip weather in March

In March, Štip sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°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 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Štip's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Štip's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 49 mm; 8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:51 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Štip is city in the eastern part of North Macedonia.

Density: 3,576/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~50 CE

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 11°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Štip reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 5°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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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

How March really feels in Štip

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 15 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Štip weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / -2°	41	7.2	3.4	9.3	0.3
Feb	8° / -1°	37	6.6	2.5	10.3	1.6
Mar	13° / 3°	49	8	1.6	11.7	3.8
Apr	18° / 7°	54	8.9	0.4	13.1	5.9
May	23° / 11°	54	9.3	0	14.3	7.1
Jun	29° / 15°	37	7.7	0	15	6.2
Jul	31° / 17°	26	5.3	0	14.7	5.1
Aug	31° / 17°	25	4.8	0	13.7	5.2
Sep	26° / 13°	28	4.8	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	19° / 8°	46	5.7	0.1	10.9	6.9
Nov	12° / 4°	47	6.9	1	9.6	3.7
Dec	7° / -1°	52	7.6	2.4	9	0.8

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 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	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 (%)	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	53	52	52	52	51	51	50	50	50	50	49	49
Cloudier (%)	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	47	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Štip gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 8 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 26% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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 (%)	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	27	27
Snow chance (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

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

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 8 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 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 90 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 5:13 PM to 5:47 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)	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	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)	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:25
Sunset (PM)	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:16	5:13
2	11.0	6:15	5:14
3	11.0	6:13	5:15
4	11.1	6:11	5:16
5	11.1	6:10	5:18
6	11.2	6:08	5:19
7	11.2	6:06	5:20
8	11.3	6:05	5:21
9	11.3	6:03	5:22
10	11.4	6:02	5:24
11	11.4	6:00	5:25
12	11.5	5:58	5:26
13	11.5	5:56	5:27
14	11.6	5:55	5:28
15	11.6	5:53	5:29
16	11.7	5:51	5:30
17	11.7	5:50	5:32
18	11.7	5:48	5:33
19	11.8	5:46	5:34
20	11.8	5:44	5:35
21	11.9	5:43	5:36
22	11.9	5:41	5:37
23	12.0	5:39	5:38
24	12.0	5:37	5:40
25	12.1	5:36	5:41
26	12.1	5:34	5:42
27	12.2	5:32	5:43
28	12.2	5:30	5:44
29	12.3	5:29	5:45
30	12.3	5:27	5:46
31	12.4	5:25	5:47

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.61 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.02 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)	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	4.0	Moderate
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Štip?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Štip.

What to pack for Štip in March

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

In March, Štip sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Štip 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 Štip peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (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	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	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	Moderate
Apr	7	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Štip?

Štip sits at 41.7°N, 22.2°E, 294 m above sea level, in North Macedonia. The nearest listed city is Radovis, 25 km away.

Topography around Štip

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Štip has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m around an average of 339 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 914 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,477 m.

The land around Štip is covered by grassland (38%), cropland (21%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (52%), cropland (25%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

330 m

grassland 38%

16 km

914 m

grassland 52%

80 km

2,477 m

trees 52%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

March weather nearby: Radovis 25 km · Kochani 26 km · Vinica 30 km · Negotino 30 km · Veles 35 km · Kratovo 37 km · Kavadarci 38 km · Strumica 51 km

North Macedonia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $10,490; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 81%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 595
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 Štip (41.7458°, 22.1958°, elevation 294 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

	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