Climate averages 1991–2020
Halmstad weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet 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 Halmstad: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (one of the driest months 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 Helsingborg (71 km away). In March its highs average 6.0°C, about as warm as Halmstad, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Halmstad ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 4.0°C; Halmstad is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 48 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
Halmstad 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-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 68 | 12.3 | 7.58 h |
| February | 2.6°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 54 | 10.5 | 9.59 h |
| March, selected | 5.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 48 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 63 | 12.3 | 16.416 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.718 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 90 | 13.7 | 17.117 h |
| August | 20.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 102 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 16.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 84 | 14.1 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 67 | 12.0 | 8.28 h |
| December | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 6.97 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
- Helsingborg in MarchSweden · 71 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Lund in MarchSweden · 110 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Copenhagen in MarchDenmark · 112 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Borås in MarchSweden · 116 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Malmö in MarchSweden · 119 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Växjö in MarchSweden · 121 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Gothenburg in MarchSweden · 127 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Jönköping in MarchSweden · 146 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 37 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 Halmstad) is explained once on the Halmstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.