London · United Kingdom

London in March: every year compared

In March, London averages highs of 10.5 °C and lows of 4.1 °C, with 41 mm of precipitation. The warmest March was 2017 (9.6 °C), the coldest 1962 (2.6 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 10.5 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 4.1 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 41 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 10

Day by day through March

Normal high and low for each day of March in London.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every March in London, ranked

86 months of March since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 18 of 86 (+0.7 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 7.9 °C · +0.7 °C vs normal · rank 18 of 86

Warmest years

120179.6 °C
219579.3 °C
319978.9 °C
420198.8 °C
520248.8 °C

Coldest years

119622.6 °C
220133.3 °C
319553.3 °C
419583.8 °C
519703.9 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	7.9 °C	12.8 °C	3.5 °C	16 mm	7 days	0 cm	7 days
2024	8.8 °C	11.8 °C	6.1 °C	79 mm	0 days	0 cm	16 days
2023	7.7 °C	10.3 °C	5.0 °C	103 mm	5 days	3 cm	23 days
2022	8.3 °C	12.2 °C	4.6 °C	48 mm	1 day	0 cm	10 days
2021	7.4 °C	10.9 °C	3.9 °C	21 mm	2 days	0 cm	8 days
2020	7.2 °C	10.6 °C	4.1 °C	33 mm	1 day	0 cm	9 days
2019	8.8 °C	12.0 °C	5.5 °C	47 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
2018	5.8 °C	8.7 °C	3.2 °C	92 mm	5 days	13 cm	19 days
2017	9.6 °C	12.8 °C	6.6 °C	29 mm	0 days	0 cm	10 days
2016	6.3 °C	9.6 °C	3.3 °C	62 mm	4 days	0 cm	13 days
2015	7.1 °C	10.4 °C	3.9 °C	21 mm	1 day	0 cm	6 days
2014	8.4 °C	12.8 °C	4.8 °C	29 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2013	3.3 °C	5.8 °C	1.0 °C	56 mm	12 days	7 cm	10 days
2012	8.4 °C	13.1 °C	4.4 °C	23 mm	0 days	0 cm	4 days
2011	7.0 °C	11.0 °C	3.2 °C	10 mm	3 days	0 cm	3 days
2010	6.7 °C	10.0 °C	3.5 °C	38 mm	5 days	0 cm	10 days
2009	7.3 °C	11.3 °C	3.5 °C	34 mm	4 days	0 cm	9 days
2008	6.8 °C	9.7 °C	3.9 °C	84 mm	2 days	2 cm	18 days
2007	7.7 °C	11.4 °C	4.2 °C	41 mm	2 days	0 cm	9 days
2006	5.2 °C	7.9 °C	2.6 °C	41 mm	10 days	1 cm	12 days
2005	7.3 °C	10.3 °C	4.6 °C	44 mm	3 days	5 cm	11 days
2004	6.8 °C	9.7 °C	4.1 °C	34 mm	3 days	1 cm	11 days
2003	7.9 °C	12.1 °C	4.1 °C	16 mm	2 days	0 cm	4 days
2002	8.3 °C	11.5 °C	4.9 °C	45 mm	2 days	0 cm	9 days
2001	6.3 °C	8.6 °C	4.1 °C	106 mm	4 days	7 cm	19 days
2000	7.9 °C	10.8 °C	4.7 °C	22 mm	0 days	0 cm	6 days
1999	7.9 °C	11.0 °C	4.7 °C	35 mm	1 day	0 cm	8 days
1998	8.6 °C	11.1 °C	5.6 °C	46 mm	1 day	0 cm	10 days
1997	8.9 °C	12.3 °C	5.5 °C	11 mm	0 days	0 cm	2 days
1996	4.6 °C	7.1 °C	2.3 °C	33 mm	8 days	0 cm	10 days
1995	6.0 °C	9.7 °C	2.4 °C	56 mm	4 days	7 cm	14 days
1994	8.4 °C	10.9 °C	5.4 °C	36 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1993	6.7 °C	10.2 °C	3.0 °C	15 mm	4 days	0 cm	3 days
1992	7.8 °C	10.3 °C	5.1 °C	53 mm	0 days	0 cm	17 days
1991	8.3 °C	11.1 °C	5.4 °C	48 mm	2 days	0 cm	14 days
1990	8.6 °C	12.1 °C	5.0 °C	8 mm	3 days	0 cm	3 days
1989	8.4 °C	11.5 °C	4.9 °C	61 mm	2 days	0 cm	10 days
1988	6.8 °C	9.2 °C	4.3 °C	65 mm	4 days	0 cm	15 days
1987	4.4 °C	7.1 °C	1.4 °C	51 mm	11 days	6 cm	14 days
1986	5.2 °C	8.5 °C	2.0 °C	58 mm	5 days	4 cm	14 days
1985	4.7 °C	7.9 °C	1.6 °C	52 mm	9 days	4 cm	16 days
1984	4.9 °C	7.5 °C	2.3 °C	47 mm	2 days	0 cm	12 days
1983	6.5 °C	9.5 °C	3.2 °C	42 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1982	6.1 °C	9.7 °C	2.2 °C	59 mm	3 days	0 cm	13 days
1981	8.5 °C	11.0 °C	6.0 °C	92 mm	1 day	0 cm	22 days
1980	5.3 °C	7.9 °C	2.6 °C	63 mm	5 days	0 cm	15 days
1979	5.3 °C	7.9 °C	2.4 °C	95 mm	3 days	6 cm	21 days
1978	7.0 °C	10.3 °C	3.7 °C	64 mm	2 days	1 cm	19 days
1977	7.4 °C	10.2 °C	4.6 °C	62 mm	4 days	0 cm	15 days
1976	5.1 °C	8.0 °C	2.1 °C	19 mm	10 days	0 cm	3 days
1975	5.1 °C	7.4 °C	2.9 °C	86 mm	6 days	5 cm	22 days
1974	5.9 °C	9.0 °C	3.1 °C	49 mm	3 days	5 cm	10 days
1973	6.3 °C	10.2 °C	2.5 °C	14 mm	4 days	0 cm	5 days
1972	7.2 °C	11.1 °C	3.4 °C	70 mm	3 days	3 cm	14 days
1971	5.3 °C	8.0 °C	2.3 °C	54 mm	7 days	4 cm	11 days
1970	3.9 °C	7.1 °C	0.3 °C	49 mm	14 days	10 cm	12 days
1969	4.3 °C	6.8 °C	1.8 °C	53 mm	6 days	0 cm	9 days
1968	7.2 °C	10.2 °C	3.9 °C	25 mm	1 day	0 cm	9 days
1967	7.5 °C	10.5 °C	4.3 °C	31 mm	1 day	0 cm	8 days
1966	6.4 °C	9.8 °C	2.8 °C	19 mm	1 day	0 cm	4 days
1965	5.6 °C	9.3 °C	2.3 °C	50 mm	10 days	6 cm	12 days
1964	4.2 °C	7.0 °C	1.8 °C	79 mm	9 days	10 cm	10 days
1963	5.8 °C	9.2 °C	2.6 °C	62 mm	7 days	0 cm	13 days
1962	2.6 °C	6.2 °C	-0.8 °C	30 mm	22 days	1 cm	8 days
1961	8.1 °C	12.5 °C	3.9 °C	6 mm	3 days	0 cm	2 days
1960	6.4 °C	9.1 °C	3.9 °C	32 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1959	7.2 °C	10.6 °C	4.0 °C	62 mm	0 days	0 cm	16 days
1958	3.8 °C	6.9 °C	0.7 °C	39 mm	15 days	4 cm	10 days
1957	9.3 °C	12.8 °C	6.1 °C	34 mm	1 day	0 cm	10 days
1956	6.0 °C	9.5 °C	2.6 °C	10 mm	9 days	0 cm	4 days
1955	3.3 °C	6.8 °C	-0.0 °C	27 mm	19 days	3 cm	7 days
1954	6.1 °C	9.1 °C	2.9 °C	51 mm	2 days	2 cm	12 days
1953	5.2 °C	9.6 °C	1.6 °C	9 mm	9 days	0 cm	2 days
1952	6.5 °C	9.3 °C	3.7 °C	81 mm	4 days	12 cm	16 days
1951	4.8 °C	7.6 °C	1.6 °C	64 mm	9 days	1 cm	18 days
1950	7.5 °C	11.0 °C	4.1 °C	29 mm	3 days	0 cm	9 days
1949	4.9 °C	8.3 °C	1.6 °C	30 mm	10 days	4 cm	7 days
1948	8.5 °C	12.9 °C	4.6 °C	29 mm	2 days	0 cm	6 days
1947	4.3 °C	7.7 °C	0.7 °C	94 mm	13 days	16 cm	18 days
1946	4.9 °C	8.6 °C	1.4 °C	31 mm	12 days	7 cm	8 days
1945	7.7 °C	11.9 °C	4.0 °C	37 mm	2 days	0 cm	5 days
1944	5.0 °C	8.9 °C	1.4 °C	8 mm	9 days	0 cm	2 days
1943	6.4 °C	11.0 °C	2.2 °C	13 mm	7 days	0 cm	5 days
1942	5.2 °C	8.4 °C	2.1 °C	38 mm	6 days	0 cm	6 days
1941	5.9 °C	9.2 °C	2.6 °C	42 mm	5 days	0 cm	12 days
1940	6.1 °C	9.5 °C	2.9 °C	58 mm	8 days	0 cm	11 days

March records

Hottest day

22.4 °C

March 30, 2021 estimate

Coldest night

-13.3 °C

March 9, 1947 estimate

Wettest day

32 mm

March 15, 1964 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is London in March?

Highs average 10.5 °C and lows 4.1 °C. A typical March brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 3 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in London in March?

About 41 mm falls in March, over some 10 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest March was 2001 (106 mm), the driest 1961 (6 mm).

What was the warmest March in London?

2017, with a mean temperature of 9.6 °C. The coldest was 1962 (2.6 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 18 of 86.