Aalen weather in March

In March, Aalen sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 77 mm of precipitation across 13.4 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Aalen's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aalen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
77 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:43 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
68%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
3.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.4
out of 10

Aalen is urban municipality located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

Air quality
Excellent
PM10 13.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
458/km²
people per km²
Founded
~700 CE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical March day in Aalen reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
16-2
26-1
36-1
46-1
57-1
67-1
77-1
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1280
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How March really feels in Aalen

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Aalen weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°7312.46.38.50.0
Feb / -3°5910.75.89.80.0
Mar / 7713.43.911.61.4
Apr13° / 6412.21.113.43.5
May18° / 9914.60155.0
Jun21° / 11°9714.6015.95.7
Jul23° / 13°10114.6015.56.1
Aug23° / 13°9213.6014.26.3
Sep18° / 7312012.45.4
Oct13° / 7412.30.410.53.2
Nov / 7311.43.48.90.7
Dec / -2°81146.78.10.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32773
42872
52872
62971
72971
82971
93070
103070
113169
123268
133268
143169
153268
163367
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183367
193268
203268
213268
223268
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283565
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303664
313763

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Aalen gets around 77 mm of rain and snow over 13.4 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 42% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14117
24116
34116
44115
54115
64114
74114
84013
94013
104012
114012
124012
134011
144011
154111
164111
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224412
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264411
274411
284410
294410
30439
31438

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
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24100
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Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
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1412light breeze
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1612light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:13 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:39 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.67:135:52
210.77:125:54
310.87:105:55
410.87:085:57
510.97:065:59
610.97:036:00
711.07:016:02
811.16:596:03
911.16:576:05
1011.26:556:07
1111.26:536:08
1211.36:516:10
1311.46:496:11
1411.46:476:13
1511.56:456:14
1611.66:436:16
1711.66:416:17
1811.76:386:19
1911.76:366:21
2011.86:346:22
2111.96:326:24
2211.96:306:25
2312.06:286:27
2412.06:256:28
2512.16:236:30
2612.26:216:31
2712.26:196:33
2812.36:176:34
2912.46:156:36
3012.46:126:37
3112.56:106:39

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.84 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.15 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.5Moderate
22.6Moderate
32.6Moderate
42.6Moderate
52.7Moderate
62.7Moderate
72.8Moderate
82.8Moderate
92.9Moderate
102.9Moderate
112.9Moderate
123.0Moderate
133.0Moderate
143.0Moderate
153.1Moderate
163.1Moderate
173.2Moderate
183.2Moderate
193.3Moderate
203.3Moderate
213.4Moderate
223.4Moderate
233.5Moderate
243.5Moderate
253.6Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.7Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.8Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Aalen?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aalen.

What to pack for Aalen in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Aalen sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Aalen in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aalen peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Aalen?

Aalen sits at 48.8°N, 10.1°E, 433 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Ellwangen, 14 km away.

Topography around Aalen

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Aalen.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aalen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 314 m around an average of 494 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 432 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 743 m.

The land around Aalen is covered by trees (44%), artificial surfaces (28%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
314 m
16 km
432 m
80 km
743 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Ellwangen 14 km · Heidenheim an der Brenz 18 km · Schwäbisch Gmünd 22 km · Giengen an der Brenz 26 km · Nördlingen 29 km · Geislingen an der Steige 31 km · Eislingen 32 km · Crailsheim 33 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Aalen (48.8378°, 10.0933°, elevation 433 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).