Karlstad weather in March

In March, Karlstad sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 7.8 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 2°C in the first days to 7°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of March to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Karlstad's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karlstad's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 5°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: -3°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 37 mm; 7.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:35 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 6th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.3; out of 10

Karlstad is urban area in Karlstad Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality: Good; PM10 17.2 µg/m³ · 2019

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 2°C in the first days to 7°C by the end.

A typical March day in Karlstad reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -0°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Avg low (°C)	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-4
2	2	-4
3	2	-4
4	2	-4
5	3	-4
6	3	-4
7	3	-4
8	3	-4
9	3	-3
10	3	-3
11	4	-3
12	4	-3
13	4	-3
14	4	-3
15	4	-3
16	5	-3
17	5	-3
18	5	-3
19	5	-2
20	5	-2
21	6	-2
22	6	-2
23	6	-2
24	6	-2
25	6	-2
26	7	-2
27	7	-2
28	7	-1
29	7	-1
30	7	-1
31	7	-1

How March really feels in Karlstad

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Karlstad weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-0° / -5°	52	10.3	7.5	6.6	0.0
Feb	0° / -5°	40	8.2	6.7	8.7	0.0
Mar	5° / -3°	37	7.8	4.8	11.3	0.3
Apr	10° / 1°	41	8.5	1.8	14.1	2.4
May	16° / 6°	61	10.8	0.2	16.6	4.7
Jun	19° / 10°	77	11.6	0	18.1	5.8
Jul	22° / 13°	78	12.4	0	17.5	6.1
Aug	20° / 12°	88	13.1	0	15.3	5.9
Sep	16° / 8°	64	9.9	0	12.6	4.7
Oct	10° / 4°	64	11.3	0.7	9.8	2.0
Nov	4° / 0°	59	11.1	3.1	7.3	0.1
Dec	1° / -4°	57	10.7	6.1	5.9	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	37	38	38	39	40	40	40	40	41	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	43	42	42
Cloudier (%)	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	65	63	62	62	61	60	60	60	60	59	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	57	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Karlstad gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 7.8 wet days in March, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 26% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	27	26	26	25	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	25	25
Snow chance (%)	25	25	24	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	25
2	32	25
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	31	23
6	31	22
7	30	21
8	30	20
9	29	19
10	28	18
11	27	17
12	26	16
13	26	15
14	25	14
15	24	13
16	23	13
17	23	12
18	22	12
19	22	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	24	10
30	25	10
31	25	9

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of March to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 162 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 6:32 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.0	10.1	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.8	11.9	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.5	12.6	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:20	7:17	7:14	7:11	7:08	7:05	7:02	6:59	6:56	6:53	6:50	6:47	6:44	6:41	6:38	6:35	6:32	6:29	6:26	6:23	6:20	6:17	6:14	6:11	6:08	6:05	6:02	5:59	5:56	5:53	5:50
Sunset (PM)	5:19	5:21	5:24	5:26	5:29	5:31	5:34	5:36	5:39	5:41	5:44	5:46	5:49	5:51	5:53	5:56	5:58	6:01	6:03	6:06	6:08	6:10	6:13	6:15	6:18	6:20	6:22	6:25	6:27	6:30	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	7:20	5:19
2	10.1	7:17	5:21
3	10.2	7:14	5:24
4	10.3	7:11	5:26
5	10.3	7:08	5:29
6	10.4	7:05	5:31
7	10.5	7:02	5:34
8	10.6	6:59	5:36
9	10.7	6:56	5:39
10	10.8	6:53	5:41
11	10.9	6:50	5:44
12	11.0	6:47	5:46
13	11.1	6:44	5:49
14	11.2	6:41	5:51
15	11.3	6:38	5:53
16	11.3	6:35	5:56
17	11.4	6:32	5:58
18	11.5	6:29	6:01
19	11.6	6:26	6:03
20	11.7	6:23	6:06
21	11.8	6:20	6:08
22	11.9	6:17	6:10
23	12.0	6:14	6:13
24	12.1	6:11	6:15
25	12.2	6:08	6:18
26	12.2	6:05	6:20
27	12.3	6:02	6:22
28	12.4	5:59	6:25
29	12.5	5:56	6:27
30	12.6	5:53	6:30
31	12.7	5:50	6:32

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 2.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.6	Dim
2	1.6	Dim
3	1.7	Dim
4	1.7	Dim
5	1.8	Dim
6	1.8	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	2.0	Dim
10	2.0	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.6	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Karlstad?

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

0.3

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 Karlstad.

What to pack for Karlstad in March

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

In March, Karlstad sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Karlstad in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Karlstad peaks around June 17 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	3	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Karlstad?

Karlstad sits at 59.4°N, 13.5°E, 58 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Kristinehamn, 35 km away.

Topography around Karlstad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karlstad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 51 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m.

The land around Karlstad is covered by artificial surfaces (33%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and water (36%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

48 m

artificial surfaces 33%

16 km

113 m

trees 41%

80 km

434 m

trees 61%

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← February Karlstad year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Kristinehamn 35 km · Karlskoga 58 km · Mariestad 77 km · Örebro 97 km · Kumla 97 km · Lidköping 99 km · Skövde 112 km · Halden 124 km

Sweden travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 87% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $63,133; 2025
Happiness: 7.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 609
Religion

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 Karlstad (59.3793°, 13.5036°, elevation 58 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-4
2	2	-4
3	2	-4
4	2	-4
5	3	-4
6	3	-4
7	3	-4
8	3	-4
9	3	-3
10	3	-3
11	4	-3
12	4	-3
13	4	-3
14	4	-3
15	4	-3
16	5	-3
17	5	-3
18	5	-3
19	5	-2
20	5	-2
21	6	-2
22	6	-2
23	6	-2
24	6	-2
25	6	-2
26	7	-2
27	7	-2
28	7	-1
29	7	-1
30	7	-1
31	7	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	25
2	32	25
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	31	23
6	31	22
7	30	21
8	30	20
9	29	19
10	28	18
11	27	17
12	26	16
13	26	15
14	25	14
15	24	13
16	23	13
17	23	12
18	22	12
19	22	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	24	10
30	25	10
31	25	9

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-4
2	2	-4
3	2	-4
4	2	-4
5	3	-4
6	3	-4
7	3	-4
8	3	-4
9	3	-3
10	3	-3
11	4	-3
12	4	-3
13	4	-3
14	4	-3
15	4	-3
16	5	-3
17	5	-3
18	5	-3
19	5	-2
20	5	-2
21	6	-2
22	6	-2
23	6	-2
24	6	-2
25	6	-2
26	7	-2
27	7	-2
28	7	-1
29	7	-1
30	7	-1
31	7	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	25
2	32	25
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	31	23
6	31	22
7	30	21
8	30	20
9	29	19
10	28	18
11	27	17
12	26	16
13	26	15
14	25	14
15	24	13
16	23	13
17	23	12
18	22	12
19	22	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	24	10
30	25	10
31	25	9

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	2	-4
2	2	-4
3	2	-4
4	2	-4
5	3	-4
6	3	-4
7	3	-4
8	3	-4
9	3	-3
10	3	-3
11	4	-3
12	4	-3
13	4	-3
14	4	-3
15	4	-3
16	5	-3
17	5	-3
18	5	-3
19	5	-2
20	5	-2
21	6	-2
22	6	-2
23	6	-2
24	6	-2
25	6	-2
26	7	-2
27	7	-2
28	7	-1
29	7	-1
30	7	-1
31	7	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	25
2	32	25
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	31	23
6	31	22
7	30	21
8	30	20
9	29	19
10	28	18
11	27	17
12	26	16
13	26	15
14	25	14
15	24	13
16	23	13
17	23	12
18	22	12
19	22	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	24	10
30	25	10
31	25	9

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100