Climate · Bergen

Bergen in March

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Bergen is chilly: highs near 43°F, lows near 31°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 38 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Bergen is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 38 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
43°F6°Caverage
Low
31°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 61% of days
Daylight
11h 40mon average

Is March a good time to visit Bergen?


March sits outside Bergen's best months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about four 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 43°F in March, against 39°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 6°C in March, against 4°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

61% of days in March, against 50% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

73% cover in March, against 61% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

11h 40m in March, against 5h 53m to 18h 51m 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. February40°4°low 29°low -2°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. March43°6°low 31°low -1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. April50°10°low 35°low 2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Bergen sits, in March

Europe/Oslo

this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:59 AMsets 6:38 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
60.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Geilo159 km east

The land around Bergen, 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 Norway in March

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bergen. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (107 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (107 m). 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.