Climate averages 1991–2020

Derby weather
in March.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 9.5°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 2.8°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 49 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a cool month in Derby: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Burton upon Trent (17 km away). In March its highs average 9.6°C, about as warm as Derby, with 51 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Derby ranks joint 79th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 71st of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 9.5°C; Derby is level with that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 56 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Derby climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Derby, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.6°C1.9°C	1.9°C	55	12.3	8.28 h
February	7.3°C1.7°C	1.7°C	47	10.3	9.810 h
March, selected	9.5°C2.8°C	2.8°C	49	11.0	11.812 h
April	12.3°C4.4°C	4.4°C	56	11.7	13.914 h
May	15.3°C7.4°C	7.4°C	57	11.2	15.816 h
June	18.1°C10.4°C	10.4°C	66	11.7	16.817 h
July	20.2°C12.5°C	12.5°C	66	12.1	16.416 h
August	19.9°C12.5°C	12.5°C	65	11.3	14.815 h
September	17.3°C10.3°C	10.3°C	56	9.6	12.713 h
October	13.4°C7.7°C	7.7°C	65	11.5	10.711 h
November	9.4°C4.5°C	4.5°C	63	12.2	8.89 h
December	6.8°C2.4°C	2.4°C	63	12.0	7.78 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

Distance from Derby

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Derby) is explained once on the Derby year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.