Heidelberg Weather in March
Heidelberg in March
The short of it: Heidelberg in March averages a high of 11 °C (53 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 11 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 3° · rain 62 mm · daylight 11 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Heidelberg an average March high of 11°, a low of 3° and some 62 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from February to about 11°, with nights near 3°. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 44 min in mid-March, 101 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 April and June.
Against its neighbours, Heidelberg runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Leimen, 7 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
March in Heidelberg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th 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 44 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeimenBaden-Wurttemberg | 7 km S | 12° | 3° | 61 mm |
| WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg | 13 km S | 12° | 3° | 60 mm |
| WeinheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 16 km N | 11° | 2° | 66 mm |
| ViernheimHesse | 17 km NNW | 12° | 3° | 45 mm |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 19 km WNW | 12° | 3° | 45 mm |
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz | 19 km WNW | 12° | 3° | 45 mm |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz | 21 km WSW | 12° | 3° | 47 mm |
| SinsheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 22 km SE | 11° | 2° | 72 mm |