Climate averages 1991–2020
Lelystad weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Lelystad: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almere Stad (23 km away). In March its highs average 9.5°C, about as warm as Lelystad, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Lelystad ranks 33rd of 44 for the warmest March highs and joint 38th of 44 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 44 cities is 9.5°C; Lelystad is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 52 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
Lelystad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 71 | 13.1 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 58 | 11.4 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | 9.1°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 58 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 52 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 67 | 11.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 73 | 12.7 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 89 | 14.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 90 | 13.9 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 76 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 76 | 13.2 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 68 | 13.8 | 8.89 h |
| December | 6.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 78 | 13.9 | 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
- Almere Stad in MarchThe Netherlands · 23 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Purmerend in MarchThe Netherlands · 35 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Hilversum in MarchThe Netherlands · 38 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Amersfoort in MarchThe Netherlands · 40 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Zwolle in MarchThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Amsterdam in MarchThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Zaandam in MarchThe Netherlands · 45 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Zaanstad in MarchThe Netherlands · 45 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 3.8°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 Lelystad) is explained once on the Lelystad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.