Climate averages 1991–2020
Leiden 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 Leiden: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 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 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zoetermeer (11 km away). In March its highs average 9.5°C, about as warm as Leiden, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Leiden ranks joint 34th of 44 for the warmest March highs and joint 15th of 44 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 44 cities is 9.5°C; Leiden is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 45 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
Leiden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 72 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 57 | 11.6 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 9.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 45 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 58 | 10.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.717 h |
| July | 20.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 77 | 12.4 | 16.216 h |
| August | 20.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 90 | 13.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 87 | 13.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 93 | 14.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 83 | 15.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 84 | 14.6 | 7.88 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
- Zoetermeer in MarchThe Netherlands · 11 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Alphen aan den Rijn in MarchThe Netherlands · 12 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 55 mm rain
- The Hague in MarchThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Delft in MarchThe Netherlands · 19 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Hoofddorp in MarchThe Netherlands · 21 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Gouda in MarchThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Rotterdam in MarchThe Netherlands · 26 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Haarlem in MarchThe Netherlands · 27 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 3.9°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 Leiden) is explained once on the Leiden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.