Dortmund Weather in March
Dortmund in March
The short of it: Dortmund in March averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 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 55 mm · daylight 11 h 42 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
March in Dortmund brings afternoons near 11° and nights around 2°, with about 55 mm of rain over the month. Much like February: highs about 11°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 11th 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. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Dortmund runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Witten, 11 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
March in Dortmund, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 12 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km SW | 10° | 2° | 68 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km WNW | 11° | 2° | 61 mm |
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km NNE | 11° | 2° | 54 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km E | 10° | 2° | 57 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km W | 11° | 3° | 65 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km S | 10° | 2° | 73 mm |
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km WSW | 11° | 2° | 69 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km WNW | 11° | 3° | 62 mm |