Köln Weather in March
Köln in March
The short of it: Köln in March averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 11 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 4° · rain 55 mm · daylight 11 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & May
March in Köln brings afternoons near 12° and nights around 4°, with about 55 mm of rain over the month. Much like February: highs about 12°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 43 min in mid-March, 107 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 April and May.
Against its neighbours, Köln runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Nippes, 4 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
March in Köln, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NippesNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 4 km N | 12° | 4° | 56 mm |
| RodenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 5 km SE | 12° | 4° | 53 mm |
| HürthNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SW | 11° | 3° | 49 mm |
| Porz am RheinNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SE | 12° | 3° | 56 mm |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NNE | 12° | 4° | 59 mm |
| Bergisch GladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ENE | 11° | 3° | 71 mm |
| KerpenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km WSW | 11° | 3° | 47 mm |
| LangenfeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km N | 11° | 3° | 62 mm |