Climate averages 1991–2020
Cork weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Cork: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limerick (86 km away). In March its highs average 10.2°C, about as warm as Cork, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Ireland, Cork ranks joint 1st of 5 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 9.9°C; Cork is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 68 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
Cork climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 79 | 13.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | 8.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 65 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 10.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 62 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 68 | 12.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 14.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 67 | 13.0 | 15.616 h |
| June | 17.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 64 | 10.9 | 16.617 h |
| July | 18.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 67 | 11.8 | 16.216 h |
| August | 18.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 69 | 11.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 16.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 64 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 85 | 12.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 80 | 12.0 | 8.99 h |
| December | 9.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 84 | 12.7 | 7.98 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
- Limerick in MarchIreland · 86 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Galway in MarchIreland · 158 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Tallaght in MarchIreland · 209 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Dublin in MarchIreland · 219 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Swansea in MarchUnited Kingdom · 313 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Lisburn in MarchUnited Kingdom · 334 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Belfast in MarchUnited Kingdom · 345 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Plymouth in MarchUnited Kingdom · 346 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 67 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 Cork) is explained once on the Cork year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.