Climate averages 1991–2020
Leeuwarden weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Leeuwarden: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 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 Groningen (50 km away). In March its highs average 8.7°C, about as warm as Leeuwarden, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Leeuwarden ranks 43rd of 44 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 44 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 44 cities is 9.5°C; Leeuwarden is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 41 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
Leeuwarden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 65 | 12.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 50 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 65 | 11.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 13.2 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 13.9 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 13.4 | 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
- Groningen in MarchThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Zwolle in MarchThe Netherlands · 79 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Lelystad in MarchThe Netherlands · 80 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Alkmaar in MarchThe Netherlands · 95 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Purmerend in MarchThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Almere Stad in MarchThe Netherlands · 101 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Zaanstad in MarchThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Zaandam in MarchThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 52 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 Leeuwarden) is explained once on the Leeuwarden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.