Climate averages 1991–2020
Oulu weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: 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 freezing month in Oulu: daytime highs average -1.9°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (167 km away). In March its highs average -2.0°C, about as warm as Oulu, with 30 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Oulu ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 13 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 0.0°C; Oulu is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 4.0°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 30 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
Oulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.5°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 35 | 8.8 | 5.15 h |
| February | -6.0°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 29 | 8.0 | 8.38 h |
| March, selected | -1.9°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 30 | 7.7 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.0°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 30 | 7.4 | 15.215 h |
| May | 10.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 48 | 10.0 | 18.719 h |
| June | 16.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 56 | 10.0 | 21.622 h |
| July | 19.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 12.1 | 20.220 h |
| August | 17.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 71 | 12.0 | 16.617 h |
| September | 12.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 56 | 10.4 | 13.213 h |
| October | 5.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 50 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| November | 0.3°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 48 | 10.6 | 6.36 h |
| December | -2.9°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 44 | 10.8 | 3.94 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
- Luleå in MarchSweden · 167 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.1°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in MarchFinland · 259 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Umeå in MarchSweden · 282 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in MarchFinland · 308 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in MarchFinland · 341 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.3°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Tampere in MarchFinland · 400 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Pori in MarchFinland · 434 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Lahti in MarchFinland · 448 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.7°C · 33 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 Oulu) is explained once on the Oulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.