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What is the weather like in Sweden in March?

SMHI normals for March, the month when the south passes above freezing.

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Short answer

In March the normal mean temperature is about 2 °C in Stockholm, 3 °C in Lund and -7 °C in Kiruna, according to SMHI. Precipitation is low, with 27 mm in Stockholm, 40 mm in Lund and 23 mm in Kiruna. Sunshine more than doubles since February in Stockholm, to a normal of 151 hours, and reaches 158 hours in Kiruna.

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Why

  1. SMHI's 1991–2020 normal mean temperature for March is 1.7 °C in Stockholm, 3.2 °C in Lund and -7.3 °C at Kiruna airport.
  2. According to SMHI, the March precipitation normal is 27 mm in Stockholm, 40 mm in Lund, 23 mm in Kiruna and 31 mm at Luleå airport.
  3. SMHI's sunshine normal for March is 151 hours in Stockholm, 135 in Lund and 158 in Kiruna, up from 75, 64 and 68 hours in February.

Details

March is the month when Stockholm's normal moves above freezing (1.7 °C), with Lund and Malmö at 3.2 and 3.3 °C, but the north is still deep in winter: Luleå is at -4.2 °C and Kiruna at -7.3 °C. March has the lowest precipitation normal of the year in Stockholm (27 mm) and Kiruna (23 mm).

Tip

March works as a transition month, so a trip that covers both the south and Lapland needs both spring clothes and proper winter gear: the normal gap between Lund and Kiruna is about 10 degrees.

What may differ

Individual years vary. In SMHI's March 2025 table Stockholm averaged 4.9 °C (normal 1.7) and Kiruna -5.1 °C (normal -7.3).

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Information checked on 27 October 2026.

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