Bochum Weather in March
Bochum in March
The short of it: Bochum in March averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 69 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 11 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 2° · rain 69 mm · daylight 11 h 42 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Bochum an average March high of 11°, a low of 2° and some 69 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 11°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 69 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 42 min in mid-March, 109 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Bochum runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Wattenscheid, 5 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
March in Bochum, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 5 km W | 11° | 3° | 66 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 6 km N | 11° | 3° | 65 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km WNW | 11° | 3° | 64 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SSW | 10° | 3° | 74 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km ESE | 10° | 2° | 68 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NE | 11° | 2° | 61 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km NNW | 11° | 3° | 62 mm |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km W | 11° | 3° | 68 mm |