March Weather at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport Hungary

Daily high temperatures increase by 12°F, from 45°F to 57°F, rarely falling below 33°F or exceeding 68°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 8°F, from 30°F to 38°F, rarely falling below 19°F or exceeding 46°F.

For reference, on August 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport typically range from 60°F to 82°F, while on January 13, the coldest day of the year, they range from 25°F to 36°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on March. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

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The month of March at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 55% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is March 25, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 46% of the time.

For reference, on December 5, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 65%, while on July 19, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is gradually increasing, starting the month at 16% and ending it at 19%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 30% on May 22, and its lowest chance is 15% on January 13.

Over the course of March at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 12% to 19%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 2% to 0%.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during March at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.8 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.3 inches or falls below 0.3 inches.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during March at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport is decreasing, starting the month at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.5 inches, and ending the month at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.7 inches.

Over the course of March at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 43 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 26 seconds, and weekly increase of 24 minutes, 0 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 6 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 49 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport is 5:25 AM on March 30 and the latest sunrise is 58 minutes later at 6:23 AM on March 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:28 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 43 minutes later at 7:11 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 3:00 AM on March 31, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:45 AM and sets 15 hours, 58 minutes later, at 8:43 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:27 AM and sets 8 hours, 27 minutes later, at 3:54 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for March 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 26, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 11% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 9.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.3 miles per hour, while on August 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.9 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during March is 9.3 miles per hour on March 28.

The hourly average wind direction at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport throughout March is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 31% on March 14.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport typically lasts for 6.4 months (196 days), from around April 7 to around October 20, rarely starting before March 15 or after April 28, and rarely ending before October 3 or after November 7.

The month of March at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly increasing from 1% to 34% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport are gradually increasing during March, increasing by 45°F, from 8°F to 53°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport is increasing during March, rising by 1.4 kWh, from 2.8 kWh to 4.3 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport are 47.437 deg latitude, 19.256 deg longitude, and 463 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 151 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 444 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (781 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (3,333 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and cropland (36%), within 10 miles by cropland (41%) and artificial surfaces (36%), and within 50 miles by cropland (57%) and trees (22%).