Climate averages 1991–2020
Münster 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 Münster: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 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 Hamm (34 km away). In March its highs average 9.5°C, about as warm as Münster, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Münster ranks joint 54th of 120 for the warmest March highs and joint 43rd of 120 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 120 cities is 9.3°C; Münster is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 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
Münster climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 69 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 5.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 55 | 11.3 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 9.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 58 | 12.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 10.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 57 | 11.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 63 | 11.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 73 | 13.3 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 77 | 12.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 62 | 10.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 65 | 12.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 64 | 12.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | 5.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 71 | 13.1 | 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
- Hamm in MarchGermany · 34 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Rheine in MarchGermany · 38 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Lünen in MarchGermany · 39 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Osnabrück in MarchGermany · 45 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Recklinghausen in MarchGermany · 49 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Castrop-Rauxel in MarchGermany · 50 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Marl in MarchGermany · 50 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Dortmund in MarchGermany · 51 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 72 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 Münster) is explained once on the Münster year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.