Climate averages 1991–2020
Lund weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Lund: daytime highs average 5.9°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 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 Malmö (16 km away). In March its highs average 6.0°C, about as warm as Lund, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Lund ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 4.0°C; Lund is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 11.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 42 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
Lund climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 53 | 11.8 | 7.78 h |
| February | 2.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 45 | 10.0 | 9.610 h |
| March, selected | 5.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 44 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 9.5 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 53 | 10.9 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 76 | 12.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 74 | 12.5 | 16.917 h |
| August | 20.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 80 | 13.1 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 58 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 60 | 11.3 | 10.511 h |
| November | 6.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 50 | 11.0 | 8.48 h |
| December | 3.5°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 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
- Malmö in MarchSweden · 16 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Copenhagen in MarchDenmark · 39 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Helsingborg in MarchSweden · 49 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Halmstad in MarchSweden · 110 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Växjö in MarchSweden · 164 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Odense in MarchDenmark · 180 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 0.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Rostock in MarchGermany · 192 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Århus in MarchDenmark · 192 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 Lund) is explained once on the Lund year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.