Climate averages 1991–2020
Gothenburg 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 Gothenburg: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borås (58 km away). In March its highs average 4.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Gothenburg, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gothenburg ranks 5th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 4.0°C; Gothenburg is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Gothenburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 7.37 h |
| February | 2.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 55 | 10.2 | 9.49 h |
| March, selected | 5.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 49 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 53 | 10.2 | 14.314 h |
| May | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 72 | 11.2 | 16.617 h |
| June | 18.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 12.4 | 18.018 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 94 | 12.8 | 17.417 h |
| August | 20.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 118 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| September | 16.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 93 | 12.9 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 94 | 13.8 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 71 | 12.4 | 8.08 h |
| December | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 12.6 | 6.77 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Borås in MarchSweden · 58 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Halmstad in MarchSweden · 127 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Jönköping in MarchSweden · 130 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Aalborg in MarchDenmark · 143 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in MarchNorway · 179 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Helsingborg in MarchSweden · 190 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Växjö in MarchSweden · 194 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Århus in MarchDenmark · 203 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 42 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 Gothenburg) is explained once on the Gothenburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.