Climate averages 1991–2020
Helsingborg weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Helsingborg: 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 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Copenhagen (42 km away). In March its highs average 6.0°C, about as warm as Helsingborg, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Helsingborg ranks joint 1st of 21 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 4.0°C; Helsingborg is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 44 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
Helsingborg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 54 | 11.8 | 7.78 h |
| February | 3.0°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 45 | 10.3 | 9.510 h |
| March, selected | 6.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 45 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 44 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| June | 18.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 81 | 12.2 | 17.518 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 81 | 12.6 | 17.017 h |
| August | 20.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 87 | 13.3 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 62 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 65 | 12.5 | 10.510 h |
| November | 6.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 53 | 11.6 | 8.38 h |
| December | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 57 | 11.8 | 7.17 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
- Copenhagen in MarchDenmark · 42 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Lund in MarchSweden · 49 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Malmö in MarchSweden · 53 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Halmstad in MarchSweden · 71 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Århus in MarchDenmark · 154 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Växjö in MarchSweden · 159 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Odense in MarchDenmark · 162 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 0.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Borås in MarchSweden · 187 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 50 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 Helsingborg) is explained once on the Helsingborg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.