Climate averages 1991–2020
Groningen weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Groningen: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leeuwarden (50 km away). In March its highs average 8.3°C, about as warm as Groningen, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Groningen ranks joint 40th of 44 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 44 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 44 cities is 9.5°C; Groningen is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 48 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
Groningen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 63 | 12.6 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 49 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | 8.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 49 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 60 | 11.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 74 | 12.2 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 87 | 14.3 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 83 | 14.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 68 | 12.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 63 | 12.5 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.7°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 57 | 12.2 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 63 | 12.4 | 7.68 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
- Leeuwarden in MarchThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Zwolle in MarchThe Netherlands · 85 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Almelo in MarchThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Hengelo in MarchThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Lelystad in MarchThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Wilhelmshaven in MarchGermany · 108 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Oldenburg in MarchGermany · 110 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Deventer in MarchThe Netherlands · 111 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 56 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 Groningen) is explained once on the Groningen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.