Climate · Sarajevo

Sarajevo in March

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Sarajevo is cool: highs near 51°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 26 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Sarajevo is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 26 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
51°F11°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 46% of days
Daylight
11h 51mon average

Is March a good time to visit Sarajevo?


March sits outside Sarajevo's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 51°F in March, against 43°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in March, against 6°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

46% of days in March, against 34% to 54% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in March, against 29% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

11h 51m in March, against 8h 58m to 15h 24m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. February45°7°low 25°low -4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March51°11°low 30°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April61°16°low 38°low 3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Sarajevo sits, in March

Europe/Sarajevo

this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:01 AMsets 5:51 PM
Above the sea
540 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Sarajevo, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Sarajevo is our one place in Bosnia & Herzegovina so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sarajevo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (817 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (817 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.