Climate averages 1991–2020
Gent weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Gent: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 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 Aalst (26 km away). In March its highs average 10.6°C, about as warm as Gent, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Gent ranks joint 11th of 18 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 10.4°C; Gent is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Gent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 62 | 11.9 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 54 | 10.9 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 10.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 53 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 49 | 11.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 61 | 12.0 | 15.516 h |
| June | 20.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 62 | 11.2 | 16.516 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 71 | 12.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 74 | 11.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 56 | 10.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 62 | 11.8 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 71 | 12.6 | 8.08 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
- Aalst in MarchBelgium · 26 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Brugge in MarchBelgium · 39 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Kortrijk in MarchBelgium · 40 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Anderlecht in MarchBelgium · 48 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Brussels in MarchBelgium · 50 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Schaerbeek in MarchBelgium · 50 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Antwerp in MarchBelgium · 51 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Ixelles in MarchBelgium · 52 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gent) is explained once on the Gent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.