March 2026 ran +2.8 °C above the climate average. Compare temperatures, sunshine hours, and precipitation with March 2025 for all of Germany.
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March 2026 set new benchmarks across Germany. With a deviation of +2.8 °C above the long-term climate mean (1961-1990), it ranks among the warmest March months since systematic weather records began. Precipitation stayed far below normal while sunshine hours ran well above what a typical March delivers.
Temperatures climbed on many days to levels more typical of April or May. The second half of the month in particular brought extended high-pressure phases with stable, spring-like weather lasting several days at a stretch. This warm spell was no brief outlier but persisted across a large part of the month.
Comparing with March 2025 makes the contrast clear. While March 2025 tracked relatively close to historical averages, March 2026 stands out through its combination of warmth, dryness, and sunshine. The embedded comparison tool above lets you drill into exact figures for any location in Germany.
The dryness of March 2026 has already left visible marks in some regions. Rivers carried less water than usual, and soils across much of Germany entered spring with deficits that the winter months had not replenished. For agriculture, this opens a critical window as spring crops rely on adequate soil moisture.
In meteorological terms, March 2026 fits the long-term trend of increasingly warm spring months in Germany. Whether that trend continues is something you can track using our multi-year trend tool. The data for this review comes from the Open-Meteo archive API, covering the full months of March 2025 and March 2026.