Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterborough, United Kingdom 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 Peterborough, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 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 Cambridge, United Kingdom (48 km away). In March its highs average 10.3°C, about as warm as Peterborough, United Kingdom, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Peterborough, United Kingdom ranks joint 16th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 17th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 9.5°C; Peterborough, United Kingdom is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 48 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
Peterborough, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 49 | 11.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | 10.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 43 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 59 | 10.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 61 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 63 | 10.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 50 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 10.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 10.9 | 8.89 h |
| December | 7.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 52 | 10.8 | 7.88 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
- Cambridge, United Kingdom in MarchUnited Kingdom · 48 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Bedford in MarchUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Northampton in MarchUnited Kingdom · 56 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Leicester in MarchUnited Kingdom · 60 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Milton Keynes in MarchUnited Kingdom · 68 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Rugby in MarchUnited Kingdom · 72 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Nottingham in MarchUnited Kingdom · 74 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Stevenage in MarchUnited Kingdom · 75 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 3.0°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 Peterborough) is explained once on the Peterborough, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.