Climate averages 1991–2020

Elbląg weather
in March.

A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 6.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low -0.1°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 44 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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March is a cold month in Elbląg: daytime highs average 6.0°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 Gdańsk (54 km away). In March its highs average 6.2°C, about as warm as Elbląg, with 36 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Elbląg ranks 56th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 19th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 7.1°C; Elbląg is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 42 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Elbląg climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Elbląg, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 1.2°C-2.6°C-2.6°C4711.98.08 h
February 2.3°C-2.3°C-2.3°C3910.29.710 h
March, selected 6.0°C-0.1°C-0.1°C4410.311.812 h
April 11.9°C3.9°C3.9°C429.414.014 h
May 16.6°C8.7°C8.7°C5710.716.016 h
June 19.9°C12.6°C12.6°C6812.017.117 h
July 22.1°C15.2°C15.2°C8513.016.617 h
August 22.2°C15.2°C15.2°C7512.114.915 h
September 17.7°C11.6°C11.6°C589.812.813 h
October 12.1°C7.1°C7.1°C6011.710.611 h
November 6.5°C3.0°C3.0°C4910.88.69 h
December 2.8°C-0.7°C-0.7°C5211.67.57 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

Distance from Elbląg

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Elbląg) is explained once on the Elbląg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.