Galaţi weather in March

In March, Galaţi sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 7.1 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 8°C in the first days to 13°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 Galaţi's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Galaţi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 39 mm; 7.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:29 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Galaţi is locality in Galați County, Romania.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 7.6 µg/m³ · 2014
Founded: 1541

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 8°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical March day in Galaţi reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°C warmer than February and about 6°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)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14
Avg low (°C)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	0
2	8	0
3	8	1
4	8	1
5	9	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	9	1
10	9	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	3
21	11	3
22	11	3
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	14	4

How March really feels in Galaţi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 24 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.

Galaţi 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -3°	33	5.7	3.5	8.9	0.0
Feb	5° / -2°	26	5.2	2.6	10.1	0.3
Mar	10° / 2°	39	7.1	1.5	11.6	2.6
Apr	17° / 7°	43	8.2	0.2	13.2	5.5
May	23° / 13°	54	9.7	0	14.7	6.9
Jun	27° / 17°	63	9.6	0	15.4	6.6
Jul	29° / 19°	47	8.2	0	15.1	5.9
Aug	29° / 18°	36	5.8	0	13.9	6.3
Sep	24° / 14°	41	5.6	0	12.3	7.6
Oct	17° / 8°	42	5	0	10.7	5.9
Nov	10° / 3°	35	6	1	9.3	2.3
Dec	4° / -2°	38	6.1	2.6	8.6	0.0

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 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	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 (%)	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	39	39	39	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	44	44	44	44	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40
Cloudier (%)	64	63	63	62	62	61	60	61	61	61	59	59	58	58	57	56	56	55	56	56	56	56	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	40	60
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Galaţi gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 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 23% and peaks near 26% 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 (%)	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	26
Snow chance (%)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	8
2	22	8
3	23	8
4	23	8
5	23	7
6	23	7
7	23	7
8	23	6
9	23	6
10	23	6
11	23	6
12	22	5
13	22	5
14	22	5
15	22	5
16	22	5
17	22	5
18	22	4
19	22	4
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	22	4
23	23	4
24	23	3
25	23	3
26	24	3
27	24	3
28	24	3
29	25	2
30	25	2
31	26	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 12 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

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 6:57 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:25 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)	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:46	5:48	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	6:57	5:45
2	10.9	6:55	5:46
3	10.9	6:54	5:48
4	11.0	6:52	5:49
5	11.0	6:50	5:51
6	11.1	6:48	5:52
7	11.1	6:46	5:53
8	11.2	6:44	5:55
9	11.2	6:43	5:56
10	11.3	6:41	5:57
11	11.3	6:39	5:59
12	11.4	6:37	6:00
13	11.4	6:35	6:02
14	11.5	6:33	6:03
15	11.6	6:31	6:04
16	11.6	6:29	6:06
17	11.7	6:27	6:07
18	11.7	6:25	6:08
19	11.8	6:24	6:10
20	11.8	6:22	6:11
21	11.9	6:20	6:12
22	11.9	6:18	6:14
23	12.0	6:16	6:15
24	12.0	6:14	6:16
25	12.1	6:12	6:18
26	12.2	6:10	6:19
27	12.2	6:08	6:20
28	12.3	6:06	6:22
29	12.3	6:04	6:23
30	12.4	6:02	6:24
31	12.4	6:00	6:25

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 1.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.48 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)	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.8	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Galaţi?

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

2.6

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 Galaţi.

What to pack for Galaţi in March

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

In March, Galaţi sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Galaţi in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Galaţi peaks around July 17 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.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Galaţi?

Galaţi sits at 45.4°N, 28.1°E, 24 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Reni, 18 km away.

Topography around Galaţi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Galaţi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 460 m.

The land around Galaţi is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

69 m

artificial surfaces 45%

16 km

162 m

cropland 63%

80 km

460 m

cropland 67%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

March weather nearby: Reni 18 km · Brăila 19 km · Bolhrad 52 km · Cahul 53 km · Izmayil 62 km · Tulcea 66 km · Tecuci 66 km · Focșani 74 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

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 Galaţi (45.4369°, 28.0503°, elevation 24 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	8	0
2	8	0
3	8	1
4	8	1
5	9	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	9	1
10	9	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	3
21	11	3
22	11	3
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	14	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	8
2	22	8
3	23	8
4	23	8
5	23	7
6	23	7
7	23	7
8	23	6
9	23	6
10	23	6
11	23	6
12	22	5
13	22	5
14	22	5
15	22	5
16	22	5
17	22	5
18	22	4
19	22	4
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	22	4
23	23	4
24	23	3
25	23	3
26	24	3
27	24	3
28	24	3
29	25	2
30	25	2
31	26	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	8	0
2	8	0
3	8	1
4	8	1
5	9	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	9	1
10	9	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	3
21	11	3
22	11	3
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	14	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	8
2	22	8
3	23	8
4	23	8
5	23	7
6	23	7
7	23	7
8	23	6
9	23	6
10	23	6
11	23	6
12	22	5
13	22	5
14	22	5
15	22	5
16	22	5
17	22	5
18	22	4
19	22	4
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	22	4
23	23	4
24	23	3
25	23	3
26	24	3
27	24	3
28	24	3
29	25	2
30	25	2
31	26	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	8	0
2	8	0
3	8	1
4	8	1
5	9	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	9	1
10	9	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	3
21	11	3
22	11	3
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	14	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	40	60
31	40	60

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