Climate averages 1991–2020
Aberdeen weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Aberdeen: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, United Kingdom (92 km away). In March its highs average 7.9°C, about as warm as Aberdeen, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Aberdeen ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 102nd of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 9.5°C; Aberdeen is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 52 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
Aberdeen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 | 14.1 | 7.47 h |
| February | 6.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 56 | 11.9 | 9.49 h |
| March, selected | 7.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 55 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 52 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| May | 11.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 48 | 10.5 | 16.516 h |
| June | 13.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 60 | 11.2 | 17.818 h |
| July | 15.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.8 | 17.217 h |
| August | 15.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 65 | 12.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 14.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 66 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 11.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 98 | 15.7 | 10.410 h |
| November | 8.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 8.18 h |
| December | 6.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 6.87 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
- Dundee, United Kingdom in MarchUnited Kingdom · 92 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 1.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Edinburgh in MarchUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Glasgow in MarchUnited Kingdom · 194 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 87 mm rain
- East Kilbride in MarchUnited Kingdom · 200 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Paisley in MarchUnited Kingdom · 204 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 92 mm rain
- South Shields in MarchUnited Kingdom · 242 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in MarchUnited Kingdom · 243 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Sunderland in MarchUnited Kingdom · 253 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 43 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 Aberdeen) is explained once on the Aberdeen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.