Climate averages 1991–2020
Cottbus weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Cottbus: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zielona Góra (83 km away). In March its highs average 7.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Cottbus, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Cottbus ranks joint 98th of 120 for the warmest March highs and joint 8th of 120 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 120 cities is 9.3°C; Cottbus is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 37 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
Cottbus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 50 | 11.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | 4.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 8.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 48 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 37 | 8.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 10.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 81 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 62 | 10.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 52 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 45 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 46 | 9.7 | 8.99 h |
| December | 3.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 48 | 11.3 | 7.98 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
- Zielona Góra in MarchPoland · 83 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Dresden in MarchGermany · 89 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Berlin in MarchGermany · 106 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Potsdam in MarchGermany · 112 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Liberec in MarchCzechia · 121 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -0.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Ústí nad Labem in MarchCzechia · 124 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in MarchPoland · 125 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 0.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Lubin in MarchPoland · 135 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 48 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 Cottbus) is explained once on the Cottbus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.