Climate averages 1991–2020
Århus weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Århus: daytime highs average 6.3°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 48 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odense (85 km away). In March its highs average 6.8°C, about as warm as Århus, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Århus ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 6.2°C; Århus is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 42 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
Århus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 49 | 10.9 | 7.68 h |
| February | 3.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 40 | 9.2 | 9.510 h |
| March, selected | 6.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 42 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 42 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 55 | 11.0 | 16.316 h |
| June | 18.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 68 | 11.2 | 17.518 h |
| July | 20.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 66 | 11.2 | 17.017 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 54 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| November | 7.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 49 | 10.7 | 8.38 h |
| December | 4.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 50 | 11.0 | 7.07 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
- Odense in MarchDenmark · 85 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 0.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Aalborg in MarchDenmark · 101 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Esbjerg in MarchDenmark · 134 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Helsingborg in MarchSweden · 154 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Copenhagen in MarchDenmark · 156 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Flensburg in MarchGermany · 160 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Halmstad in MarchSweden · 173 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Malmö in MarchSweden · 184 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 40 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 Århus) is explained once on the Århus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.