Basel Weather in March
Basel in March
The short of it: Basel in March averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 11 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 3° · rain 44 mm · daylight 11 h 45 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & April
March in Basel brings afternoons near 12° and nights around 3°, with about 44 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from February to about 12°, with nights near 3°. It is the driest month of the year, only 44 mm of rain. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 45 min in mid-March, 94 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 September and April.
Against its neighbours, Basel runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Allschwil, 3 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
March in Basel, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllschwilBasel-Landschaft | 3 km WSW | 12° | 2° | 45 mm |
| Saint-LouisGrand Est | 4 km NNW | 12° | 3° | 43 mm |
| Weil am RheinBaden-Wurttemberg | 5 km NE | 12° | 2° | 46 mm |
| RiehenBasel-City | 6 km ENE | 12° | 3° | 52 mm |
| MuttenzBasel-Landschaft | 7 km SE | 12° | 2° | 57 mm |
| ReinachBasel-Landschaft | 7 km SSE | 12° | 2° | 52 mm |
| LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg | 9 km NE | 12° | 2° | 54 mm |
| RheinfeldenBaden-Wurttemberg | 16 km E | 12° | 2° | 64 mm |