Brussels Weather in March
Brussels in March
The short of it: Brussels in March averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 4° · rain 58 mm · daylight 11 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Brussels an average March high of 12°, a low of 4° and some 58 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 12°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 43 min in mid-March, 106 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Brussels runs warmer than most and about as wet in March. Ixelles, 2 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
March in Brussels, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IxellesBrussels Capital | 2 km SSE | 11° | 4° | 60 mm |
| Molenbeek-Saint-JeanBrussels Capital | 3 km W | 12° | 4° | 56 mm |
| Saint-GillesBrussels Capital | 3 km S | 11° | 4° | 60 mm |
| JetteBrussels Capital | 3 km NNW | 12° | 4° | 58 mm |
| AnderlechtBrussels Capital | 3 km WSW | 12° | 4° | 56 mm |
| SchaerbeekBrussels Capital | 3 km NE | 11° | 4° | 58 mm |
| EtterbeekBrussels Capital | 3 km SE | 11° | 4° | 60 mm |
| ForestBrussels Capital | 4 km SSW | 12° | 4° | 57 mm |