Climate averages 1991–2020
Pori weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Pori: daytime highs average 1.2°C and nights cool to about -4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tampere (106 km away). In March its highs average -0.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Pori, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Pori ranks joint 2nd of 13 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 13 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 0.0°C; Pori is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 7.0°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 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
Pori climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.5°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 43 | 10.2 | 6.46 h |
| February | -2.1°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 34 | 8.0 | 8.99 h |
| March, selected | 1.2°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 33 | 8.3 | 11.712 h |
| April | 7.0°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 33 | 8.2 | 14.715 h |
| May | 12.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 39 | 7.8 | 17.517 h |
| June | 16.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 60 | 10.3 | 19.319 h |
| July | 20.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 74 | 11.7 | 18.518 h |
| August | 19.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 74 | 12.2 | 15.916 h |
| September | 14.1°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 62 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| October | 7.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 65 | 11.5 | 10.110 h |
| November | 3.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 56 | 11.1 | 7.37 h |
| December | 0.4°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 52 | 11.5 | 5.66 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
- Tampere in MarchFinland · 106 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Turku in MarchFinland · 117 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Mariehamn in MarchAland Islands · 184 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Espoo in MarchFinland · 210 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Lahti in MarchFinland · 215 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.7°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in MarchFinland · 220 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.1°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in MarchFinland · 223 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Helsinki in MarchFinland · 224 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -4.6°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 Pori) is explained once on the Pori year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.