Hattingen Weather in March
Hattingen in March
The short of it: Hattingen in March averages a high of 10 °C (51 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 11 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 3° · rain 74 mm · daylight 11 h 42 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Hattingen an average March high of 10°, a low of 3° and some 74 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 10°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 74 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and August.
Against its neighbours, Hattingen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Bochum, 9 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
March in Hattingen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 3° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km NNE | 11° | 2° | 69 mm |
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km NNW | 11° | 3° | 66 mm |
| VelbertNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km SW | 10° | 3° | 79 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km ENE | 10° | 2° | 68 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km NNW | 11° | 3° | 64 mm |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km WNW | 11° | 3° | 68 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km N | 11° | 3° | 65 mm |
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km S | 10° | 2° | 88 mm |