Climate averages 1991–2020
Schaerbeek weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Schaerbeek: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Brussels (3 km away). In March its highs average 10.6°C, about as warm as Schaerbeek, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Schaerbeek ranks joint 3rd of 18 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 10.4°C; Schaerbeek is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 50 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
Schaerbeek climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 62 | 12.0 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.2°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 10.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 56 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 50 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 64 | 12.5 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 67 | 11.9 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 73 | 12.2 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 75 | 12.0 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 56 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.9°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 63 | 11.9 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 74 | 13.2 | 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
- Brussels in MarchBelgium · 3 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Ixelles in MarchBelgium · 4 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Anderlecht in MarchBelgium · 6 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Mechelen in MarchBelgium · 19 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Leuven in MarchBelgium · 23 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Aalst in MarchBelgium · 25 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Antwerp in MarchBelgium · 39 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Deurne in MarchBelgium · 40 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 55 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 Schaerbeek) is explained once on the Schaerbeek year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.