Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamberg weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Bamberg: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erlangen (35 km away). In March its highs average 9.4°C, about as warm as Bamberg, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bamberg ranks joint 51st of 120 for the warmest March highs and joint 67th of 120 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 120 cities is 9.3°C; Bamberg is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 49 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
Bamberg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 71 | 13.4 | 8.69 h |
| February | 5.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 56 | 10.5 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 9.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 64 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 49 | 10.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 68 | 12.4 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 12.1 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 78 | 12.7 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 69 | 11.5 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 63 | 10.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 64 | 11.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 67 | 11.6 | 9.19 h |
| December | 4.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 80 | 14.0 | 8.28 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
- Erlangen in MarchGermany · 35 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Fürth in MarchGermany · 47 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Bayreuth in MarchGermany · 49 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Nuremberg in MarchGermany · 51 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Würzburg in MarchGermany · 69 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Erfurt in MarchGermany · 120 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Jena in MarchGermany · 125 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Regensburg in MarchGermany · 131 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 58 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 Bamberg) is explained once on the Bamberg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.