Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunkirk weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: 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 cool month in Dunkirk: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calais (38 km away). In March its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Dunkirk, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dunkirk ranks 56th of 57 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Dunkirk is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 48 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
Dunkirk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 56 | 11.5 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 48 | 10.0 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 10.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 48 | 10.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 59 | 11.0 | 15.516 h |
| June | 19.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 10.4 | 16.516 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 57 | 11.0 | 16.116 h |
| August | 21.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 69 | 10.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 63 | 11.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 64 | 12.5 | 9.09 h |
| December | 7.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 68 | 12.3 | 8.08 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
- Calais in MarchFrance · 38 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Brugge in MarchBelgium · 62 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Lille in MarchFrance · 65 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Kortrijk in MarchBelgium · 66 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Roubaix in MarchFrance · 68 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Saint Peters in MarchUnited Kingdom · 76 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Gent in MarchBelgium · 94 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Aalst in MarchBelgium · 117 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 53 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 Dunkirk) is explained once on the Dunkirk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.