Climate averages 1991–2020
Sankt Gallen weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Sankt Gallen: daytime highs average 7.8°C and nights cool to about -1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 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 Konstanz (30 km away). In March its highs average 8.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than Sankt Gallen, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Sankt Gallen ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 9.8°C; Sankt Gallen is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 102 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
Sankt Gallen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 88 | 12.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | 3.9°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 80 | 11.8 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 7.8°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 100 | 14.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 102 | 14.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 16.1°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 155 | 17.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 172 | 17.4 | 15.916 h |
| July | 21.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 174 | 17.5 | 15.516 h |
| August | 21.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 175 | 16.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 127 | 13.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 103 | 12.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 103 | 12.7 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.4°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 105 | 14.1 | 8.59 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
- Konstanz in MarchGermany · 30 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Vaduz in MarchLiechtenstein · 33 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Winterthur in MarchSwitzerland · 50 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Zürich in MarchSwitzerland · 62 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Luzern in MarchSwitzerland · 91 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Villingen-Schwenningen in MarchGermany · 97 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Ulm in MarchGermany · 118 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Reutlingen in MarchGermany · 119 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.8°C · 68 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 Sankt Gallen) is explained once on the Sankt Gallen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.