Where to go, month by month
Europe in March.
Compare March weather, overnight stays and relative costs. Popular and less-visited regions are ranked separately.
263 destinations · 35 countries
Historical patterns, not live conditions.
The visitor season
Quiet is relative.
Across all 263 regions, 0 are in peak season and 92 are in low season. Each is compared with its own busiest month.
A place below its annual peak can still be busy. Off-season places may have fewer services open.
Weather through the year
A month makes a difference.
Weather scores improve from February in Cyprus, Bologna & Emilia-Romagna, Athens & Attica.
These are historical conditions, not a forecast for your dates.
School calendars
Check your travel dates.
The calendars flag March 2027 breaks in parts of 12 countries with substantial coverage. Local dates and the length of the break vary.
See the dated details below before booking around a school holiday.
Events, school calendars & coverage Check the year against your trip
What’s on in March
St Patrick's Festival (Dublin & the east), 13–17 March 2027. Official calendar Las Fallas (Valencia & the Costa Blanca), 15–19 March 2027. Official calendar Tulip season (Keukenhof) (Rotterdam, The Hague & South Holland), 18 March – 9 May 2027. Official calendar Holy Week (Semana Santa) (Andalusia), 21–28 March 2027. Official calendar
Where school breaks overlap March
Share of the population living in areas on school break on a typical day; this is not the share of schoolchildren. Countries appear here when that share is at least 5%, ordered by the number of people represented.
March 2027 · population-weighted school-break coverage| Country | Population share |
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| Germany | 27% |
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| Spain | 30% |
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| Italy | 19% |
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| France | 10% |
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| Netherlands | 38% |
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| Portugal | 32% |
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| Austria | 32% |
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| Belgium | 14% |
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| Slovakia | 25% |
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| Czechia | 9% |
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| Lithuania | 32% |
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| Luxembourg | 16% |
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School holidays: OpenHolidays (ODbL), and official calendars for Spain, Italy and Greece.
Coverage gaps include: Poland, Romania, Sweden, Hungary, Switzerland, Serbia. No published calendar for this month is available in our dataset for these countries.
How to read the comparison Sources, scores & limitations
Overall combines Weather, the visitor season and Cost. Static scores use the Balanced 50/30/20 mix, with a weather cap. The default order ranks Weather first, then Overall for ties, within each group. Other priorities order the same groups by your Overall mix, then Weather for ties. You can also order by an individual component under More filters. Missing values are excluded from the mix; missing weather prevents an Overall score.
Visitor season compares each place with its own year. Peak season means at least 85% of the busiest month; low season means below 35%. The Europe-wide visitor note compares overnight stays per resident; it does not measure queues or include day-trippers. It is withheld for cities where that comparison is misleading.
Cost uses a historical model of restaurants-and-hotels price levels against the EU average. Regional accommodation rates contribute where publishable data exists; otherwise national price levels and seasonal signals stand in. A favourable Cost score cannot establish the price of a particular room or trip.
Weather uses ERA5, station-corrected for 2011–2025. Regional averages can mask differences between coast, city and mountain areas. Full methodology · Open data.