Climate averages 1991–2020
Tórshavn weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Tórshavn: daytime highs average 5.9°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aberdeen (601 km away). In March its highs average 7.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Tórshavn, with 55 mm of rain.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 7.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Tórshavn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 122 | 19.6 | 6.26 h |
| February | 5.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 97 | 16.9 | 8.89 h |
| March, selected | 5.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 93 | 17.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 7.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 67 | 13.9 | 14.715 h |
| May | 8.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 54 | 11.8 | 17.718 h |
| June | 10.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 46 | 8.9 | 19.520 h |
| July | 12.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 11.4 | 18.719 h |
| August | 12.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 11.9 | 16.016 h |
| September | 11.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 94 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| October | 9.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 117 | 18.2 | 10.010 h |
| November | 7.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 119 | 19.2 | 7.27 h |
| December | 6.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 125 | 19.1 | 5.45 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Aberdeen in MarchUnited Kingdom · 601 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Dundee, United Kingdom in MarchUnited Kingdom · 653 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 1.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Bergen in MarchNorway · 671 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Glasgow in MarchUnited Kingdom · 698 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Paisley in MarchUnited Kingdom · 700 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Edinburgh in MarchUnited Kingdom · 704 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 59 mm rain
- East Kilbride in MarchUnited Kingdom · 710 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Stavanger in MarchNorway · 762 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 133 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 Tórshavn) is explained once on the Tórshavn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.