Petawawa weather in March

In March, Petawawa sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -8°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 9.8 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -2°C in the first days to 4°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Petawawa's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Petawawa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 1°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: -8°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 62 mm; 9.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:31 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Petawawa is town in Ontario, Canada.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 4 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1997

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -2°C in the first days to 4°C by the end.

A typical March day in Petawawa reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°C warmer than February and about 8°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5
Avg low (°C)	-12	-12	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-10	-10	-10	-10	-9	-9	-9	-9	-8	-8	-8	-8	-7	-7	-7	-6	-6	-6	-6	-5	-5	-5	-4	-4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-3	-12
2	-2	-12
3	-2	-11
4	-2	-11
5	-2	-11
6	-2	-11
7	-1	-11
8	-1	-10
9	-1	-10
10	-1	-10
11	0	-10
12	0	-9
13	0	-9
14	0	-9
15	1	-9
16	1	-8
17	1	-8
18	1	-8
19	2	-8
20	2	-7
21	2	-7
22	2	-7
23	3	-6
24	3	-6
25	3	-6
26	3	-6
27	4	-5
28	4	-5
29	4	-5
30	4	-4
31	5	-4

How March really feels in Petawawa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

27 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Petawawa weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-7° / -15°	64	10.2	10.5	8.9	0.0
Feb	-5° / -14°	49	8	8.1	10	0.0
Mar	1° / -8°	62	9.8	6.8	11.6	0.0
Apr	9° / -0°	84	10.3	3.2	13.3	1.7
May	17° / 7°	84	11.3	0.3	14.7	5.0
Jun	22° / 13°	89	11.6	0	15.5	6.3
Jul	25° / 15°	84	11.5	0	15.2	6.7
Aug	23° / 14°	91	10.5	0	14	6.8
Sep	19° / 10°	91	10.3	0	12.3	5.8
Oct	11° / 4°	92	12.6	0.8	10.7	2.7
Nov	4° / -3°	81	11.7	5.8	9.3	0.2
Dec	-3° / -10°	70	11.3	9.6	8.5	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	31	31	31	32	31	31	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	35	35	36	36	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	35	35	34	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	68	69	69	67	67	67	67	67	66	65	65	65	64	64	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	65	65	66	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Petawawa gets around 62 mm of rain and snow over 9.8 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	33
Snow chance (%)	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	29
2	33	28
3	33	28
4	33	28
5	34	28
6	34	28
7	34	27
8	34	27
9	34	26
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	24
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	19
22	29	18
23	29	18
24	29	18
25	29	18
26	30	18
27	30	18
28	31	18
29	32	17
30	32	17
31	33	17

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 6:27 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01
Sunset (PM)	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:56	5:57	5:58	6:00	6:01	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:26	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	6:59	5:46
2	10.8	6:57	5:47
3	10.9	6:55	5:49
4	10.9	6:54	5:50
5	11.0	6:52	5:51
6	11.0	6:50	5:53
7	11.1	6:48	5:54
8	11.2	6:46	5:56
9	11.2	6:44	5:57
10	11.3	6:42	5:58
11	11.3	6:40	6:00
12	11.4	6:39	6:01
13	11.4	6:37	6:03
14	11.5	6:35	6:04
15	11.5	6:33	6:05
16	11.6	6:31	6:07
17	11.7	6:29	6:08
18	11.7	6:27	6:09
19	11.8	6:25	6:11
20	11.8	6:23	6:12
21	11.9	6:21	6:14
22	11.9	6:19	6:15
23	12.0	6:17	6:16
24	12.0	6:15	6:18
25	12.1	6:13	6:19
26	12.2	6:11	6:20
27	12.2	6:09	6:22
28	12.3	6:07	6:23
29	12.3	6:05	6:24
30	12.4	6:03	6:26
31	12.4	6:01	6:27

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Petawawa?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Petawawa.

What to pack for Petawawa in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Petawawa sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -8°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

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UV index in Petawawa in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Petawawa peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	6	7	8	5	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	5	High
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Petawawa?

Petawawa sits at 45.9°N, 77.3°W, 143 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Kanata, 125 km away.

Topography around Petawawa

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Petawawa.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Petawawa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 147 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 498 m.

The land around Petawawa is covered by trees (52%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (86%) within 80 km.

3 km

69 m

trees 52%

16 km

321 m

trees 70%

80 km

498 m

trees 86%

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← February Petawawa year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Kanata 125 km · Aylmer 127 km · Stittsville 128 km · Bridlewood 130 km · Gatineau 131 km · Hull 133 km · Centretown 134 km · Ottawa 134 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Petawawa (45.8945°, -77.2801°, elevation 143 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-3	-12
2	-2	-12
3	-2	-11
4	-2	-11
5	-2	-11
6	-2	-11
7	-1	-11
8	-1	-10
9	-1	-10
10	-1	-10
11	0	-10
12	0	-9
13	0	-9
14	0	-9
15	1	-9
16	1	-8
17	1	-8
18	1	-8
19	2	-8
20	2	-7
21	2	-7
22	2	-7
23	3	-6
24	3	-6
25	3	-6
26	3	-6
27	4	-5
28	4	-5
29	4	-5
30	4	-4
31	5	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	29
2	33	28
3	33	28
4	33	28
5	34	28
6	34	28
7	34	27
8	34	27
9	34	26
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	24
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	19
22	29	18
23	29	18
24	29	18
25	29	18
26	30	18
27	30	18
28	31	18
29	32	17
30	32	17
31	33	17

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-3	-12
2	-2	-12
3	-2	-11
4	-2	-11
5	-2	-11
6	-2	-11
7	-1	-11
8	-1	-10
9	-1	-10
10	-1	-10
11	0	-10
12	0	-9
13	0	-9
14	0	-9
15	1	-9
16	1	-8
17	1	-8
18	1	-8
19	2	-8
20	2	-7
21	2	-7
22	2	-7
23	3	-6
24	3	-6
25	3	-6
26	3	-6
27	4	-5
28	4	-5
29	4	-5
30	4	-4
31	5	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	29
2	33	28
3	33	28
4	33	28
5	34	28
6	34	28
7	34	27
8	34	27
9	34	26
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	24
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	19
22	29	18
23	29	18
24	29	18
25	29	18
26	30	18
27	30	18
28	31	18
29	32	17
30	32	17
31	33	17

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-3	-12
2	-2	-12
3	-2	-11
4	-2	-11
5	-2	-11
6	-2	-11
7	-1	-11
8	-1	-10
9	-1	-10
10	-1	-10
11	0	-10
12	0	-9
13	0	-9
14	0	-9
15	1	-9
16	1	-8
17	1	-8
18	1	-8
19	2	-8
20	2	-7
21	2	-7
22	2	-7
23	3	-6
24	3	-6
25	3	-6
26	3	-6
27	4	-5
28	4	-5
29	4	-5
30	4	-4
31	5	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	29
2	33	28
3	33	28
4	33	28
5	34	28
6	34	28
7	34	27
8	34	27
9	34	26
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	24
13	32	23
14	32	23
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	19
22	29	18
23	29	18
24	29	18
25	29	18
26	30	18
27	30	18
28	31	18
29	32	17
30	32	17
31	33	17

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100