Climate averages 1991–2020
Maastricht weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Maastricht: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heerlen (21 km away). In March its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Maastricht, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Maastricht ranks joint 1st of 44 for the warmest March highs and 44th of 44 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 44 cities is 9.5°C; Maastricht is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 54 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
Maastricht climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 76 | 13.5 | 8.58 h |
| February | 6.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 69 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 10.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 69 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 64 | 12.5 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 74 | 12.9 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 80 | 13.2 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 77 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 64 | 10.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 65 | 12.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 70 | 13.0 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 87 | 14.5 | 8.08 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
- Heerlen in MarchThe Netherlands · 21 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Liège in MarchBelgium · 25 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Hasselt in MarchBelgium · 26 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Aachen in MarchGermany · 29 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Düren in MarchGermany · 57 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Mönchengladbach in MarchGermany · 65 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Viersen in MarchGermany · 67 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Venlo in MarchThe Netherlands · 67 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 58 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 Maastricht) is explained once on the Maastricht year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.