Climate averages 1991–2020
Québec weather
in March.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 9th 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 Québec: daytime highs average 0.8°C and nights cool to about -8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes March a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Trois-Rivières (114 km away). In March its highs average 1.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Québec, with 76 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Québec ranks 76th of 86 for the warmest March highs and 67th of 86 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Québec is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 8.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 81 mm to 104 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
Québec climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.0°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 83 | 11.8 | 9.09 h |
| February | -5.0°C-14.0°C | -14.0°C | 69 | 9.8 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 0.8°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 81 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.1°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 104 | 11.4 | 13.614 h |
| May | 17.1°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 101 | 13.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.1°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 118 | 12.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 120 | 14.1 | 15.515 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 113 | 13.1 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 109 | 11.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 125 | 12.2 | 10.911 h |
| November | 3.8°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 98 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | -3.2°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 101 | 12.7 | 8.69 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
- Trois-Rivières in MarchCanada · 114 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -7.8°C · 76 mm precipitation
- Sherbrooke in MarchCanada · 166 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -7.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Saguenay in MarchCanada · 179 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -10.9°C · 70 mm precipitation
- Repentigny in MarchCanada · 209 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Terrebonne in MarchCanada · 224 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Longueuil in MarchCanada · 226 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -6.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in MarchCanada · 226 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in MarchCanada · 230 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -6.8°C · 75 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 Québec) is explained once on the Québec year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.