Average March Sunshine in the Netherlands

The tables below give March averages for the amount of sunshine at cities and other places in the Netherlands.

Each location has three measures for how much sun it typically gets this month. The number for % Sun is the usual percentage of daylight hours with sunshine.

Hours gives the total hours of sunshine that's normal this month. Days statistics are for the typical number of days in March with any amount of measurable sunshine. All the data are averages for the years 1991 to 2020.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: North Netherlands, East Netherlands, West Netherlands and South Netherlands.

North Netherlands covers the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe. East Netherlands includes Overijssel, Gelderland and Flevoland. West Netherlands provinces are Utrecht, North Holland, South Holland and Zeeland. South Netherlands has North Brabant and Limburg provinces.

North Netherlands

Total March sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
38	Groningen	139	27
38	Hoogeveen	142	27
41	Leeuwarden	150	27
39	Oldambt	142	27
42	Stavoren	156	28

East Netherlands

Average amount of sun in March
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
37	Arnhem	136	27
38	Berkelland	140	27
37	Enschede	136	26
39	Lelystad	146	27
39	Lingewaal	143	27
40	Noordoostpolder	149	27
38	Zwolle	142	27

West Netherlands

Average March sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
40	Amsterdam	146	27
42	Den Helder	156	28
42	Hoek van Holland	155	–
42	Hoorn	153	28
41	Leiden	152	28
40	Lopik	–	–
39	Rotterdam	143	27
40	Terneuzen	146	28
38	Utrecht	139	27
42	Vlissingen	156	28

South Netherlands

March sunshine averages
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
37	Breda	138	27
38	Eindhoven	140	27
38	Maastricht	139	27
39	Uden	143	27
38	Venlo	140	27

Average Sunshine in the Netherlands for March

North Netherlands

East Netherlands

West Netherlands

South Netherlands

Reference

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