Climate averages 1991–2020

Brugge weather
in March.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 9.7°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 4.1°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 50 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Brugge · average highYear overview

March is a cool month in Brugge: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gent (39 km away). In March its highs average 10.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Brugge, with 53 mm of rain.

Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Brugge ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 10.4°C; Brugge is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 44 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Brugge climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Brugge, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 6.5°C2.6°C2.6°C6012.58.48 h
February 7.1°C2.5°C2.5°C5110.710.010 h
March, selected 9.7°C4.1°C4.1°C5010.911.812 h
April 13.0°C6.3°C6.3°C4410.413.814 h
May 16.2°C9.8°C9.8°C5610.815.516 h
June 18.8°C12.7°C12.7°C5810.316.516 h
July 21.0°C15.0°C15.0°C6511.416.116 h
August 21.2°C15.2°C15.2°C7111.614.615 h
September 18.5°C13.0°C13.0°C6210.712.713 h
October 14.6°C9.9°C9.9°C6912.610.711 h
November 10.2°C6.3°C6.3°C7013.49.09 h
December 7.0°C3.4°C3.4°C7313.98.08 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

March in nearby cities

Distance from Brugge

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brugge) is explained once on the Brugge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.