Climate averages 1991–2020
Drammen weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Drammen: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oslo (36 km away). In March its highs average 4.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Drammen, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Drammen ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 4.3°C; Drammen is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Drammen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 78 | 11.5 | 6.97 h |
| February | 0.2°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 53 | 8.5 | 9.19 h |
| March, selected | 4.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 57 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.8°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 56 | 9.0 | 14.514 h |
| May | 15.7°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 76 | 11.0 | 17.117 h |
| June | 19.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 91 | 12.0 | 18.619 h |
| July | 21.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 101 | 12.4 | 17.918 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 104 | 13.3 | 15.616 h |
| September | 15.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 94 | 10.7 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 98 | 11.8 | 10.210 h |
| November | 4.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 95 | 12.4 | 7.78 h |
| December | -0.3°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 74 | 11.3 | 6.16 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Oslo in MarchNorway · 36 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in MarchNorway · 53 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in MarchNorway · 71 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Kristiansand in MarchNorway · 218 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Gothenburg in MarchSweden · 248 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Stavanger in MarchNorway · 268 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Borås in MarchSweden · 275 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Bergen in MarchNorway · 280 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 192 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 Drammen) is explained once on the Drammen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.