When to go · Bucharest
Bucharest in March
Good month. Mild, some rain; museums quiet.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Good
- Temperature
- 11° / 1°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 10
- Crowds
- Low
- Romania overall
- Prices
- Low
- Romania overall
Verdict
Mild, some rain; museums quiet.
Weather in March
- BucharestHighs around 11 °C, lows around 1 °C, rain on about 10 days
- Bucharest and the southern plain, Romania · Bucharest, Wallachia, Craiova, the Danube townscool
Continental: summers regularly reach 35–40 °C and winters bring snow and –10 °C cold snaps. May–June and September–October are the comfortable windows.
Spring season
Terraces reopen, Cișmigiu's flower beds bloom, and the weather is mild for walking between clusters.
Watch: Orthodox Easter closures; a rainy week is common.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Orthodox Easter (Paștele) check
Date varies yearly; often later than Western Easter · Citywide, especially churches
A long family weekend; many restaurants and shops close for a day or two, and midnight Saturday services fill churches with candlelit processions.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Romania overall
- Low
- Prices · Romania overall
- Low
Romania overall: Mărțișor on 1 March (red-and-white spring tokens); thaw in the south, snow remains in the hills.
What to pack
- A warm coat, hat and gloves for mornings and evenings
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
- Layers: a fleece or light jacket