Climate averages 1991–2020
Saguenay weather
in March.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Saguenay: daytime highs average -1.4°C and nights cool to about -10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes March a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd 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 Québec (179 km away). In March its highs average 0.8°C, 2.2°C warmer than Saguenay, with 81 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saguenay ranks 85th of 86 for the warmest March highs and joint 44th of 86 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Saguenay is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.4°C to 6.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 70 mm to 85 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
Saguenay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.1°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 66 | 11.8 | 8.89 h |
| February | -7.9°C-17.1°C | -17.1°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | -1.4°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 70 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 6.0°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 85 | 12.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 15.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 92 | 12.7 | 15.215 h |
| June | 20.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 100 | 12.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 131 | 15.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 21.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 119 | 14.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 127 | 13.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 9.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 119 | 14.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 2.1°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 95 | 14.2 | 9.39 h |
| December | -5.6°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 80 | 13.4 | 8.48 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
- Québec in MarchCanada · 179 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -8.2°C · 81 mm precipitation
- Trois-Rivières in MarchCanada · 256 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -7.8°C · 76 mm precipitation
- Sherbrooke in MarchCanada · 341 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -7.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Repentigny in MarchCanada · 348 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Terrebonne in MarchCanada · 360 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne in MarchCanada · 365 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -7.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in MarchCanada · 368 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Longueuil in MarchCanada · 371 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -6.9°C · 74 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 Saguenay) is explained once on the Saguenay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.