Climate averages 1991–2020
Wilhelmshaven weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Wilhelmshaven: daytime highs average 8.4°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bremerhaven (31 km away). In March its highs average 7.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Wilhelmshaven, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Wilhelmshaven ranks joint 101st of 120 for the warmest March highs and joint 18th of 120 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 120 cities is 9.3°C; Wilhelmshaven is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 50 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
Wilhelmshaven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 64 | 13.4 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 50 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | 8.4°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 51 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 50 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 57 | 11.5 | 15.916 h |
| June | 19.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 76 | 12.6 | 16.917 h |
| July | 21.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 87 | 14.4 | 16.516 h |
| August | 21.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 82 | 14.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 67 | 11.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 62 | 12.4 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 11.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.2°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 63 | 12.9 | 7.68 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
- Bremerhaven in MarchGermany · 31 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Oldenburg in MarchGermany · 46 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Delmenhorst in MarchGermany · 65 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Bremen in MarchGermany · 70 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Groningen in MarchThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Hamburg in MarchGermany · 125 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Norderstedt in MarchGermany · 126 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 1.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Neumünster in MarchGermany · 137 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 52 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 Wilhelmshaven) is explained once on the Wilhelmshaven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.