Dunkirk Weather in March
Dunkirk in March
The short of it: Dunkirk in March averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 11 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 5° · rain 45 mm · daylight 11 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Dunkirk an average March high of 11°, a low of 5° and some 45 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 11°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 43 min in mid-March, 107 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and August.
Against its neighbours, Dunkirk runs about middling and about as wet in March. Coudekerque-Branche, 2 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
March in Dunkirk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 3° warmer, 4.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudekerque-BrancheHauts-de-France | 2 km SE | 11° | 5° | 45 mm |
| Saint-Pol-sur-MerHauts-de-France | 3 km W | 11° | 5° | 45 mm |
| Grande-SyntheHauts-de-France | 6 km WSW | 11° | 5° | 46 mm |
| KoksijdeFlanders | 20 km ENE | 10° | 4° | 45 mm |
| PoperingeFlanders | 32 km SE | 11° | 4° | 47 mm |
| HazebrouckHauts-de-France | 36 km SSE | 11° | 4° | 46 mm |
| CalaisHauts-de-France | 38 km WSW | 11° | 5° | 36 mm |
| IeperFlanders | 41 km ESE | 11° | 4° | 49 mm |