Caransebeş weather in March

In March, Caransebeş sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 77 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 Caransebeş's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caransebeş's year-round climate.

Daytime high
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
77 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:53 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
64%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
3.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.8
out of 10

Caransebeş is locality in Caraș-Severin County, Romania.

Founded
1289

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 7°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical March day in Caransebeş reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
17-1
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37-1
47-1
57-1
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How March really feels in Caransebeş

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 29 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
29
wind chill below the day's low

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

Caransebeş weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°6912.198.90.0
Feb / -3°6611.27.810.10.1
Mar / 7712.54.311.61.8
Apr15° / 102141.513.24.0
May19° / 11616.8014.75.2
Jun23° / 12°13015.5015.46.0
Jul25° / 14°11514.6015.16.5
Aug25° / 14°9511.1013.97.0
Sep20° / 10°9310.6012.36.4
Oct15° / 759.50.510.74.7
Nov / 6710.63.49.31.9
Dec / -2°7612.37.88.60.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
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53367
63466
73466
83466
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113565
123664
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Caransebeş gets around 77 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14521
24520
34419
44318
54317
64216
74216
84115
94015
104015
113914
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31419

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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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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168calm
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278calm
288calm
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318calm

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 7:20 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.87:206:08
210.97:196:10
310.97:176:11
411.07:156:13
511.07:136:14
611.17:116:15
711.17:106:17
811.27:086:18
911.27:066:19
1011.37:046:21
1111.37:026:22
1211.47:006:24
1311.46:586:25
1411.56:566:26
1511.66:556:28
1611.66:536:29
1711.76:516:30
1811.76:496:32
1911.86:476:33
2011.86:456:34
2111.96:436:36
2211.96:416:37
2312.06:396:38
2412.06:376:40
2512.16:356:41
2612.26:336:42
2712.26:316:44
2812.36:296:45
2912.36:276:46
3012.46:256:47
3112.46:236:49

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.49 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
173.6Moderate
183.6Moderate
193.7Moderate
203.7Moderate
213.8Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.9Moderate
254.0Moderate
264.0Moderate
274.0Bright
284.1Bright
294.1Bright
304.2Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Caransebeş?

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

1.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Caransebeş.

What to pack for Caransebeş in March

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

In March, Caransebeş sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Caransebeş 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 Caransebeş peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Caransebeş?

Caransebeş sits at 45.4°N, 22.2°E, 202 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Reşiţa, 29 km away.

HunedoaraDevaVršacLupeniVulcan

Topography around Caransebeş

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caransebeş has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m around an average of 223 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,005 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,397 m.

The land around Caransebeş is covered by grassland (42%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
217 m
16 km
1,005 m
80 km
2,397 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Reşiţa 29 km · Lugoj 39 km · Bocşa 40 km · Hunedoara 65 km · Deva 74 km · Vršac 79 km · Lupeni 80 km · Vulcan 82 km

Romania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 44% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$22,538
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
82%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
10.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 605
Religion
Romanian Orthodox 85%other 5%Roman Catholic 5%Reformed 3%

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 Caransebeş (45.4167°, 22.2167°, elevation 202 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).