Climate averages 1991–2020
Hannover weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Hannover: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Hildesheim (29 km away). In March its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Hannover, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Hannover ranks joint 74th of 120 for the warmest March highs and joint 37th of 120 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 120 cities is 9.3°C; Hannover is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 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
Hannover climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 60 | 12.5 | 8.38 h |
| February | 5.4°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 9.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 55 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 49 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 60 | 11.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 65 | 11.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 13.0 | 16.316 h |
| August | 22.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 12.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 59 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 61 | 11.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 11.0 | 8.89 h |
| December | 4.8°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 60 | 12.5 | 7.88 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
- Hildesheim in MarchGermany · 29 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Celle in MarchGermany · 37 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Salzgitter in MarchGermany · 52 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Braunschweig in MarchGermany · 55 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Minden in MarchGermany · 56 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in MarchGermany · 71 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Detmold in MarchGermany · 76 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Bielefeld in MarchGermany · 90 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 64 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 Hannover) is explained once on the Hannover year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.