Climate averages 1991–2020
Luzern weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Luzern: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zürich (40 km away). In March its highs average 10.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Luzern, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Luzern ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 9.8°C; Luzern is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 126 mm to 135 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
Luzern climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 117 | 13.7 | 9.09 h |
| February | 5.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 112 | 12.8 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 9.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 126 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 135 | 15.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 17.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 188 | 18.4 | 15.015 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 200 | 18.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 212 | 18.5 | 15.515 h |
| August | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 211 | 17.7 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 166 | 15.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 130 | 13.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 134 | 14.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | 5.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 131 | 14.3 | 8.69 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
- Zürich in MarchSwitzerland · 40 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Winterthur in MarchSwitzerland · 60 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Bern in MarchSwitzerland · 66 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Basel in MarchSwitzerland · 79 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Sankt Gallen in MarchSwitzerland · 91 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Vaduz in MarchLiechtenstein · 93 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Konstanz in MarchGermany · 94 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Mulhouse in MarchFrance · 107 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 71 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 Luzern) is explained once on the Luzern year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.