Gießen Weather in March
Gießen in March
The short of it: Gießen in March averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 11 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 2° · rain 44 mm · daylight 11 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Gießen an average March high of 11°, a low of 2° and some 44 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from February to about 11°, with nights near 2°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 43 min in mid-March, 105 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Gießen runs warmer than most and about as wet in March. Wetzlar, 12 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
March in Gießen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WetzlarHesse | 12 km WSW | 11° | 2° | 47 mm |
| ButzbachHesse | 17 km S | 10° | 2° | 44 mm |
| Bad NauheimHesse | 25 km S | 10° | 2° | 43 mm |
| Marburg an der LahnHesse | 26 km NNE | 10° | 1° | 48 mm |
| FriedbergHesse | 28 km SSE | 11° | 2° | 40 mm |
| DillenburgHesse | 32 km WNW | 10° | 1° | 66 mm |
| FriedrichsdorfHesse | 38 km S | 11° | 2° | 44 mm |
| Bad Homburg vor der HöheHesse | 40 km S | 11° | 2° | 45 mm |