Climate averages 1991–2020
Gävle weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Gävle: daytime highs average 3.5°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uppsala (95 km away). In March its highs average 3.9°C, about as warm as Gävle, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gävle ranks 18th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 4.0°C; Gävle is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 33 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
Gävle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 33 | 8.1 | 6.67 h |
| February | -0.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 28 | 7.2 | 9.09 h |
| March, selected | 3.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 28 | 7.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 9.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 33 | 7.6 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 44 | 9.2 | 17.317 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 10.5 | 19.019 h |
| July | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 68 | 11.5 | 18.218 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.816 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| October | 8.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 9.7 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 46 | 9.9 | 7.57 h |
| December | 0.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 42 | 9.6 | 5.86 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
- Uppsala in MarchSweden · 95 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Västerås in MarchSweden · 122 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Sollentuna in MarchSweden · 146 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Stockholm in MarchSweden · 158 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -1.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Mariehamn in MarchAland Islands · 166 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Huddinge in MarchSweden · 167 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -1.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Södertälje in MarchSweden · 167 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Haninge in MarchSweden · 177 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -1.8°C · 30 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 Gävle) is explained once on the Gävle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.