Climate averages 1991–2020
Lappeenranta weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Lappeenranta: daytime highs average -0.8°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vyborg (50 km away). In March its highs average -0.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Lappeenranta, with 38 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Lappeenranta ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 13 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 0.0°C; Lappeenranta is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 5.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 36 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Lappeenranta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.5°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 42 | 10.3 | 6.57 h |
| February | -4.8°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 38 | 9.1 | 8.99 h |
| March, selected | -0.8°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 36 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| April | 5.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 33 | 8.4 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 46 | 9.2 | 17.417 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 66 | 11.9 | 19.119 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 73 | 11.9 | 18.318 h |
| August | 19.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 75 | 12.4 | 15.816 h |
| September | 13.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 56 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| October | 6.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 11.2 | 10.110 h |
| November | 1.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 54 | 11.2 | 7.47 h |
| December | -2.0°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 52 | 11.3 | 5.76 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Vyborg in MarchRussia · 50 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.4°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in MarchFinland · 83 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -5.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Lahti in MarchFinland · 136 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.7°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Peterhof in MarchRussia · 161 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.6°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in MarchRussia · 170 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -5.3°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in MarchFinland · 185 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in MarchFinland · 190 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.3°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in MarchFinland · 191 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.1°C · 37 mm precipitation
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 Lappeenranta) is explained once on the Lappeenranta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.