Climate averages 1991–2020
Fredrikstad weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Fredrikstad: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drammen (71 km away). In March its highs average 4.5°C, about as warm as Fredrikstad, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Fredrikstad ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 4.3°C; Fredrikstad is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 47 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
Fredrikstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 65 | 10.7 | 7.07 h |
| February | 1.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.29 h |
| March, selected | 4.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 45 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 14.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 61 | 10.3 | 16.917 h |
| June | 18.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 78 | 11.2 | 18.418 h |
| July | 20.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 11.5 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 86 | 12.4 | 15.516 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 81 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 87 | 11.6 | 10.310 h |
| November | 5.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 81 | 11.9 | 7.88 h |
| December | 2.2°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 70 | 11.4 | 6.36 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
- Drammen in MarchNorway · 71 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Oslo in MarchNorway · 78 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in MarchNorway · 82 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Gothenburg in MarchSweden · 179 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Borås in MarchSweden · 203 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Kristiansand in MarchNorway · 207 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Örebro in MarchSweden · 243 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Jönköping in MarchSweden · 246 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 37 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 Fredrikstad) is explained once on the Fredrikstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.