Climate averages 1991–2020
Potsdam 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 Potsdam: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berlin (27 km away). In March its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Potsdam, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Potsdam ranks joint 98th of 120 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 120 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 120 cities is 9.3°C; Potsdam is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 35 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
Potsdam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 49 | 11.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | 4.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 36 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 8.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 46 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 35 | 8.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 56 | 10.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 57 | 10.5 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 77 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 59 | 10.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 46 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 42 | 9.9 | 8.89 h |
| December | 4.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 46 | 11.4 | 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
- Berlin in MarchGermany · 27 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Magdeburg in MarchGermany · 102 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Cottbus in MarchGermany · 112 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in MarchGermany · 126 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Leipzig in MarchGermany · 127 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in MarchPoland · 151 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 0.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Szczecin in MarchPoland · 152 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 0.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in MarchGermany · 155 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 51 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 Potsdam) is explained once on the Potsdam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.