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What is the weather like in Stockholm in March?

Temperature, precipitation and sunshine in March, with the record range.

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Short answer

Stockholm in March is still cold, with a mean temperature of about 2 °C in SMHI's 1991–2020 normals. The exact March normal is 1.7 °C, with 27 mm of precipitation and 151 hours of sunshine. These are long-term averages for the Stockholm station, so single days can be much warmer or colder, and this is not a forecast.

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Why

  1. According to SMHI, the March normal at its Stockholm station is 1.7 °C, up from -1.0 °C in February.
  2. SMHI's normal precipitation for March in Stockholm is 27 mm, less than the 29 mm normal for both February and April.
  3. SMHI lists 151 hours of normal sunshine in Stockholm in March, against 75 hours in February.

Details

SMHI's records for Stockholm since 1901 show a highest March temperature of 17.8 °C (1968) and a lowest of -22.0 °C (1942), so a March day can feel like winter or early spring. Sunshine roughly doubles from February to March.

Tip

Pack a warm coat, hat and gloves, plus shoes that cope with slush, and dress in layers for the sunny but cold hours.

What may differ

March is milder in Gothenburg (3.0 °C) and Malmö (3.3 °C) and much colder in Kiruna (-7.3 °C), according to SMHI normals.

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Information checked on 27 October 2026.

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