Essen Weather in March
Essen in March
The short of it: Essen in March averages a high of 10 °C (49 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 2° · rain 59 mm · daylight 11 h 41 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & September
March in Essen brings afternoons near 10° and nights around 2°, with about 59 mm of rain over the month. Much like February: highs about 10°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 41 min in mid-March, 114 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates March 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Essen runs warmer than most and wetter than most in March. Cloppenburg, 16 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
March in Essen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 3° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CloppenburgLower Saxony | 16 km NNE | 9° | 2° | 58 mm |
| LohneLower Saxony | 21 km ESE | 10° | 2° | 57 mm |
| VechtaLower Saxony | 24 km E | 10° | 2° | 56 mm |
| BramscheLower Saxony | 35 km S | 10° | 2° | 59 mm |
| WallenhorstLower Saxony | 42 km S | 9° | 2° | 62 mm |
| MeppenLower Saxony | 44 km W | 10° | 2° | 53 mm |
| LingenLower Saxony | 47 km WSW | 10° | 2° | 50 mm |
| HarenLower Saxony | 47 km W | 10° | 2° | 53 mm |