Climate averages 1991–2020
Prince George weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Prince George: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grande Prairie (290 km away). In March its highs average 0.3°C, 4.2°C cooler than Prince George, with 21 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Prince George ranks 23rd of 86 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 86 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Prince George is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Prince George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 8.08 h |
| February | -0.4°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 31 | 8.4 | 9.710 h |
| March, selected | 4.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 35 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 9.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 9.0 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 53 | 10.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.8°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.69 h |
| December | -3.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 46 | 10.4 | 7.58 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Grande Prairie in MarchCanada · 290 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -9.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Kamloops in MarchCanada · 397 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Kelowna in MarchCanada · 501 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 55 mm rain
- North Vancouver in MarchCanada · 512 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 2.5°C · 252 mm rain
- Coquitlam in MarchCanada · 515 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 280 mm rain
- Burnaby in MarchCanada · 517 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Vancouver in MarchCanada · 520 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 252 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in MarchCanada · 522 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 322 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Prince George) is explained once on the Prince George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.