Ostend Weather in March
Ostend in March
The short of it: Ostend in March averages a high of 10 °C (50 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 11 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 4° · rain 46 mm · daylight 11 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Ostend an average March high of 10°, a low of 4° and some 46 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 10°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 43 min in mid-March, 108 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Ostend runs cooler than most and drier than most in March. Zedelgem, 17 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
March in Ostend, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 3° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 22 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZedelgemFlanders | 17 km ESE | 11° | 4° | 49 mm |
| BruggeFlanders | 21 km E | 11° | 4° | 49 mm |
| OostkampFlanders | 22 km ESE | 11° | 4° | 51 mm |
| KoksijdeFlanders | 23 km WSW | 10° | 4° | 45 mm |
| AssebroekFlanders | 23 km E | 11° | 4° | 51 mm |
| Knokke-HeistFlanders | 28 km ENE | 10° | 4° | 49 mm |
| RoeselareFlanders | 33 km SSE | 11° | 3° | 52 mm |
| MaldegemFlanders | 36 km E | 11° | 4° | 53 mm |