Climate averages 1991–2020
Dundee, United Kingdom weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Dundee, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Edinburgh (59 km away). In March its highs average 8.1°C, about as warm as Dundee, United Kingdom, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Dundee, United Kingdom ranks joint 140th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 113th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 9.5°C; Dundee, United Kingdom is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 57 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
Dundee, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 78 | 13.7 | 7.68 h |
| February | 6.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 59 | 10.8 | 9.59 h |
| March, selected | 7.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 61 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 57 | 11.6 | 14.214 h |
| May | 13.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 64 | 13.1 | 16.416 h |
| June | 15.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 68 | 13.1 | 17.618 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 76 | 14.0 | 17.117 h |
| August | 17.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 76 | 13.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 15.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 89 | 12.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 78 | 13.1 | 8.38 h |
| December | 5.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 74 | 12.4 | 7.07 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
- Edinburgh in MarchUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Aberdeen in MarchUnited Kingdom · 92 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Glasgow in MarchUnited Kingdom · 104 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 87 mm rain
- East Kilbride in MarchUnited Kingdom · 108 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Paisley in MarchUnited Kingdom · 115 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Carlisle in MarchUnited Kingdom · 175 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in MarchUnited Kingdom · 187 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 43 mm rain
- South Shields in MarchUnited Kingdom · 190 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.3°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 Dundee) is explained once on the Dundee, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.