Climate averages 1991–2020
Umeå 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 Umeå: daytime highs average -0.2°C and nights cool to about -5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 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 42 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (215 km away). In March its highs average -2.0°C, 1.9°C cooler than Umeå, with 30 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Umeå ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 21 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 4.0°C; Umeå is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 4.7°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 35 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
Umeå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 49 | 10.2 | 5.66 h |
| February | -3.5°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 37 | 7.9 | 8.59 h |
| March, selected | -0.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 35 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 35 | 7.7 | 15.015 h |
| May | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 42 | 8.7 | 18.318 h |
| June | 15.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 20.621 h |
| July | 18.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 12.3 | 19.520 h |
| August | 17.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 10.9 | 16.416 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| October | 6.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 72 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| November | 1.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 69 | 12.2 | 6.77 h |
| December | -0.8°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 62 | 12.0 | 4.65 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
- Luleå in MarchSweden · 215 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.1°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Pori in MarchFinland · 272 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Oulu in MarchFinland · 282 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Tampere in MarchFinland · 315 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in MarchFinland · 327 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in MarchFinland · 384 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Gävle in MarchSweden · 386 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Turku in MarchFinland · 390 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 35 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 Umeå) is explained once on the Umeå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.