Climate averages 1991–2020
Trondheim weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Trondheim: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lillestrøm (388 km away). In March its highs average 3.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Trondheim, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Trondheim ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 4.3°C; Trondheim is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 67 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
Trondheim climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.1°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 96 | 16.0 | 5.86 h |
| February | -0.5°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 86 | 14.5 | 8.69 h |
| March, selected | 2.9°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 88 | 15.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 7.8°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 67 | 13.6 | 14.915 h |
| May | 12.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 70 | 15.6 | 18.118 h |
| June | 15.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 95 | 15.6 | 20.320 h |
| July | 18.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 85 | 14.8 | 19.319 h |
| August | 17.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 99 | 14.9 | 16.316 h |
| September | 14.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 102 | 14.8 | 13.113 h |
| October | 7.8°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 87 | 15.2 | 9.910 h |
| November | 2.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 79 | 13.2 | 6.87 h |
| December | -0.6°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 94 | 15.3 | 4.85 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 · 388 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Oslo in MarchNorway · 392 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Drammen in MarchNorway · 410 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Bergen in MarchNorway · 429 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Gävle in MarchSweden · 466 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in MarchNorway · 469 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Umeå in MarchSweden · 489 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Örebro in MarchSweden · 528 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.4°C · 32 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 Trondheim) is explained once on the Trondheim year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.