Climate averages 1991–2020
Sacramento weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Sacramento: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arden-Arcade (10 km away). In March its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Sacramento, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Sacramento ranks 191st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 310th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Sacramento is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 42 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
Sacramento climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 118 | 9.8 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 111 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 18.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 92 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 42 | 5.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 23 | 3.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 31.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 34.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 31.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 31 | 3.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 59 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 13.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 113 | 9.6 | 9.510 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
- Arden-Arcade in MarchUnited States · 10 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Rancho Cordova in MarchUnited States · 17 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Elk Grove in MarchUnited States · 22 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Citrus Heights in MarchUnited States · 23 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Roseville in MarchUnited States · 26 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Folsom in MarchUnited States · 30 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Vacaville in MarchUnited States · 50 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Fairfield in MarchUnited States · 60 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 79 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 Sacramento) is explained once on the Sacramento year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Arden-Arcade lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.