Climate averages 1991–2020
Odense weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Odense: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 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 Århus (85 km away). In March its highs average 6.3°C, about as warm as Odense, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Odense ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 6.2°C; Odense is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 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
Odense climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 47 | 11.0 | 7.88 h |
| February | 4.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 38 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| March, selected | 6.8°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 41 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 10.1 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 54 | 10.8 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 69 | 11.6 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 70 | 11.9 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 70 | 12.2 | 15.015 h |
| September | 17.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 51 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 54 | 10.9 | 10.511 h |
| November | 7.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 10.5 | 8.48 h |
| December | 4.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 48 | 10.5 | 7.27 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
- Århus in MarchDenmark · 85 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Flensburg in MarchGermany · 91 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Kiel in MarchGermany · 121 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Esbjerg in MarchDenmark · 122 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Copenhagen in MarchDenmark · 140 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Neumünster in MarchGermany · 149 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Helsingborg in MarchSweden · 162 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Malmö in MarchSweden · 166 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 Odense) is explained once on the Odense year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.