Climate averages 1991–2020
Oslo weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Oslo: daytime highs average 4.0°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd 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 Lillestrøm (18 km away). In March its highs average 3.6°C, about as warm as Oslo, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Oslo ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 4.3°C; Oslo is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 55 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
Oslo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 72 | 10.9 | 6.87 h |
| February | -0.4°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 52 | 8.6 | 9.19 h |
| March, selected | 4.0°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 55 | 9.1 | 14.515 h |
| May | 15.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 77 | 11.4 | 17.117 h |
| June | 19.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 95 | 12.3 | 18.719 h |
| July | 21.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 100 | 12.6 | 18.018 h |
| August | 20.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 112 | 14.2 | 15.616 h |
| September | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 89 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 94 | 11.7 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 92 | 12.0 | 7.68 h |
| December | -0.5°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 71 | 11.1 | 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
- Lillestrøm in MarchNorway · 18 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Drammen in MarchNorway · 36 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in MarchNorway · 78 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Kristiansand in MarchNorway · 252 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Gothenburg in MarchSweden · 255 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Örebro in MarchSweden · 261 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Borås in MarchSweden · 274 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Stavanger in MarchNorway · 302 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 133 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 Oslo) is explained once on the Oslo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.