Average Precipitation for the Netherlands in March

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during March at cities and other places in the Netherlands.

Each location has a total for the normal amount of precipitation it usually gets this month. Many places also have a count of the number of days with wet weather. The calculation of days only includes those when precipitation amounted to at least 0.1 millimetres (0.004 inches).

The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: North Netherlands, East Netherlands, West Netherlands and South Netherlands.

North Netherlands covers the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe. East Netherlands includes Overijssel, Gelderland and Flevoland. West Netherlands provinces are Utrecht, North Holland, South Holland and Zeeland. South Netherlands has North Brabant and Limburg provinces.

North Netherlands

Average monthly precipitation in March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
19 Groningen 2.1 54
19 Hoogeveen 2.4 60
19 Leeuwarden 1.9 49
18 Oldambt 2.0 51
19 Stavoren 1.8 47

East Netherlands

March averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
19 Arnhem 2.4 61
17 Berkelland 2.2 55
19 Enschede 2.3 58
19 Lelystad 2.2 55
17 Lingewaal 2.2 56
18 Noordoostpolder 2.0 50
17 Zwolle 2.1 55

West Netherlands

Average amount of rain and snow in March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
19 Amsterdam 2.0 52
19 Den Helder 1.7 44
Hoek van Holland 2.1 54
17 Hoorn 2.0 52
18 Leiden 2.1 53
18 Lopik 2.0 51
19 Rotterdam 2.2 57
17 Terneuzen 2.1 54
19 Utrecht 2.3 58
18 Vlissingen 1.8 45

South Netherlands

Precipitation totals for March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
19 Breda 2.2 55
19 Eindhoven 2.0 52
19 Maastricht 2.1 55
19 Uden 2.1 53
17 Venlo 2.0 50
Reference

KNMI, Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut. Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat. Klimaatviewer

Netherlands Precipitation
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