Climate averages 1991–2020
Luleå weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: 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 freezing month in Luleå: daytime highs average -2.0°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (167 km away). In March its highs average -1.9°C, about as warm as Luleå, with 30 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Luleå ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest March highs and joint 5th of 21 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 4.0°C; Luleå is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 2.8°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 30 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
Luleå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 41 | 8.9 | 4.85 h |
| February | -5.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 31 | 7.5 | 8.28 h |
| March, selected | -2.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 30 | 7.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 2.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 30 | 6.4 | 15.215 h |
| May | 9.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 38 | 7.6 | 19.019 h |
| June | 14.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 8.3 | 22.422 h |
| July | 18.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.9 | 20.721 h |
| August | 16.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 62 | 10.1 | 16.817 h |
| September | 12.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 9.3 | 13.213 h |
| October | 5.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 56 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| November | 0.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 56 | 11.4 | 6.16 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 51 | 11.3 | 3.54 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
- Oulu in MarchFinland · 167 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Umeå in MarchSweden · 215 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in MarchFinland · 401 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in MarchFinland · 410 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Pori in MarchFinland · 457 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Tampere in MarchFinland · 461 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in MarchFinland · 496 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.3°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Lahti in MarchFinland · 541 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.7°C · 33 mm precipitation
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 Luleå) is explained once on the Luleå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.