Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, United Kingdom weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Hastings, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eastbourne (23 km away). In March its highs average 9.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Hastings, United Kingdom, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Hastings, United Kingdom ranks joint 57th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 65th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 9.5°C; Hastings, United Kingdom is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 45 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
Hastings, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 93 | 14.4 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 9.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 48 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 45 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 47 | 8.6 | 15.515 h |
| June | 17.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 44 | 8.3 | 16.416 h |
| July | 19.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 46 | 8.6 | 16.016 h |
| August | 20.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 59 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 112 | 14.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 120 | 15.7 | 9.09 h |
| December | 8.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 107 | 14.3 | 8.08 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
- Eastbourne in MarchUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Maidstone in MarchUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Brighton in MarchUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Hove in MarchUnited Kingdom · 53 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 4.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Gillingham in MarchUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 4.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Crawley in MarchUnited Kingdom · 61 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Worthing in MarchUnited Kingdom · 67 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Grays in MarchUnited Kingdom · 71 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 40 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 Hastings) is explained once on the Hastings, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.