Climate averages 1991–2020

Esbjerg weather
in March.

A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 6.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 1.7°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 53 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Esbjerg · average highYear overview

March is a cold month in Esbjerg: daytime highs average 6.0°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd 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 Flensburg (98 km away). In March its highs average 7.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Esbjerg, with 50 mm of rain.

Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Esbjerg ranks joint 4th of 5 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 6.2°C; Esbjerg is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 42 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. -50510152025 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

Esbjerg climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Esbjerg, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.9°C0.9°C0.9°C7013.57.88 h
February 3.9°C0.6°C0.6°C5711.19.610 h
March, selected 6.0°C1.7°C1.7°C5311.211.812 h
April 10.3°C4.6°C4.6°C429.714.114 h
May 14.2°C8.5°C8.5°C4910.316.216 h
June 16.8°C11.8°C11.8°C6610.917.417 h
July 19.2°C14.2°C14.2°C7111.716.917 h
August 19.4°C14.7°C14.7°C8814.415.015 h
September 16.3°C12.3°C12.3°C8513.312.813 h
October 12.1°C8.7°C8.7°C9114.510.511 h
November 7.9°C5.0°C5.0°C7914.38.48 h
December 5.1°C2.2°C2.2°C7513.87.27 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 Esbjerg

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 Esbjerg) is explained once on the Esbjerg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.