Climate averages 1991–2020
Tampere 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 Tampere: daytime highs average -0.1°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 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 Pori (106 km away). In March its highs average 1.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Tampere, with 33 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Tampere ranks 8th of 13 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 13 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 0.0°C; Tampere is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 6.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 31 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
Tampere climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.6°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 39 | 9.8 | 6.46 h |
| February | -4.1°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 30 | 7.6 | 8.99 h |
| March, selected | -0.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 31 | 8.0 | 11.712 h |
| April | 6.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 33 | 8.2 | 14.715 h |
| May | 13.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 45 | 9.7 | 17.518 h |
| June | 18.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 75 | 12.0 | 19.319 h |
| July | 20.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 83 | 12.7 | 18.519 h |
| August | 19.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 75 | 12.6 | 15.916 h |
| September | 13.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 53 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| October | 6.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 60 | 10.7 | 10.110 h |
| November | 1.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 49 | 10.4 | 7.37 h |
| December | -1.5°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 46 | 11.0 | 5.56 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
- Pori in MarchFinland · 106 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Lahti in MarchFinland · 116 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.7°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in MarchFinland · 131 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Turku in MarchFinland · 142 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in MarchFinland · 150 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.1°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Espoo in MarchFinland · 151 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Helsinki in MarchFinland · 160 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -4.6°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in MarchFinland · 171 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -5.8°C · 36 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 Tampere) is explained once on the Tampere year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.