Climate averages 1991–2020
Oxford 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.
March is a cool month in Oxford: daytime highs average 9.9°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aylesbury (31 km away). In March its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as Oxford, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Oxford ranks joint 46th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 45th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 9.5°C; Oxford is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 51 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
Oxford climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 54 | 10.8 | 8.48 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 43 | 9.3 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 9.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 45 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 51 | 11.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 57 | 10.9 | 15.616 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 55 | 10.3 | 16.617 h |
| July | 20.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 58 | 10.9 | 16.216 h |
| August | 20.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 61 | 10.7 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 54 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 63 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.8°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 62 | 11.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | 7.2°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 57 | 10.9 | 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
- Aylesbury in MarchUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 45 mm rain
- High Wycombe in MarchUnited Kingdom · 38 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Reading in MarchUnited Kingdom · 38 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Swindon in MarchUnited Kingdom · 42 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Maidenhead in MarchUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Milton Keynes in MarchUnited Kingdom · 47 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Bracknell in MarchUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Slough in MarchUnited Kingdom · 53 kmHigh 10.3°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 Oxford) is explained once on the Oxford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.