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Helsinki in March

Cold and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Helsinki is cold: highs near 36°F, lows near 23°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 37 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Helsinki is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -5°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
36°F2°Caverage
Low
23°F-5°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
11h 40mon average

Is March a good time to visit Helsinki?

March sits outside Helsinki's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 36°F in March, against 30°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in March, against -1°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in March, against 30% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in March, against 49% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

11h 40m in March, against 5h 57m to 18h 46m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February30°-1°low 19°low -7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March36°2°low 23°low -5°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April47°8°low 31°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Helsinki sits, in March

Europe/Helsinki
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:40 AMsets 6:20 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
60.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Rovaniemi706 km north

The land around Helsinki, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Finland in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Helsinki

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Helsinki. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.