Tsawwassen weather in March

In March, Tsawwassen sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 156 mm of precipitation across 17.3 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Tsawwassen's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tsawwassen's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 156 mm; 17.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:35 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.0; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical March day in Tsawwassen reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 3°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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Avg low (°C)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6

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

How March really feels in Tsawwassen

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Tsawwassen weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 4th-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° / 3°	209	18	2.8	8.5	0.6
Feb	8° / 3°	124	14	2.2	9.8	1.2
Mar	10° / 5°	156	17.3	1	11.6	2.0
Apr	13° / 7°	109	13.7	0	13.4	3.3
May	17° / 10°	69	10.1	0	15	5.3
Jun	19° / 12°	49	8.2	0	15.9	6.4
Jul	22° / 14°	28	4.6	0	15.6	7.8
Aug	22° / 14°	41	4.9	0	14.2	7.8
Sep	19° / 12°	73	8.3	0	12.4	6.5
Oct	14° / 8°	155	14.4	0	10.5	3.6
Nov	9° / 5°	232	18.4	1.1	8.9	1.5
Dec	7° / 3°	198	17.7	3.2	8.1	0.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 68%.

	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 (%)	34	34	33	33	31	31	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	31	32	32	32	32	31	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32
Cloudier (%)	66	66	67	67	69	69	70	69	69	69	69	68	68	69	68	68	68	68	69	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	32	68
31	32	68

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Tsawwassen gets around 156 mm of rain and snow over 17.3 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 55% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings 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 (%)	52	53	53	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	57	57	57	57	56	55	55	54	53	53	52	51	51	50	50	50
Snow chance (%)	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	7
2	53	7
3	53	7
4	54	6
5	55	6
6	55	6
7	56	5
8	56	5
9	57	5
10	57	4
11	57	4
12	57	4
13	57	4
14	58	3
15	58	3
16	57	3
17	57	3
18	57	3
19	57	2
20	56	2
21	55	2
22	55	2
23	54	2
24	53	2
25	53	2
26	52	1
27	51	1
28	51	1
29	50	1
30	50	1
31	50	1

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 12 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	12	12	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	12	calm
22	12	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 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:32 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)	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:04	7:02	7:00	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:46	5:48	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:56	5:58	5:59	6:01	6:02	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:09	6:10	6:12	6:13	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:19	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:06	5:45
2	10.7	7:04	5:46
3	10.8	7:02	5:48
4	10.8	7:00	5:50
5	10.9	6:58	5:51
6	10.9	6:56	5:53
7	11.0	6:54	5:54
8	11.1	6:52	5:56
9	11.1	6:50	5:58
10	11.2	6:48	5:59
11	11.2	6:46	6:01
12	11.3	6:44	6:02
13	11.4	6:42	6:04
14	11.4	6:40	6:05
15	11.5	6:38	6:07
16	11.6	6:35	6:09
17	11.6	6:33	6:10
18	11.7	6:31	6:12
19	11.7	6:29	6:13
20	11.8	6:27	6:15
21	11.9	6:25	6:16
22	11.9	6:22	6:18
23	12.0	6:20	6:19
24	12.0	6:18	6:21
25	12.1	6:16	6:22
26	12.2	6:14	6:24
27	12.2	6:12	6:26
28	12.3	6:09	6:27
29	12.4	6:07	6:29
30	12.4	6:05	6:30
31	12.5	6:03	6:32

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.63 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 3.04 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)	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.4	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.4	Moderate
23	3.4	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.7	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Tsawwassen

In seasonPeak

In March, Tsawwassen sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Tsawwassen's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Tsawwassen?

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

2.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tsawwassen.

What to pack for Tsawwassen in March

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

In March, Tsawwassen sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Tsawwassen in March

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in January near 7°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	7	7	8	10	12	14	16	16	14	11	9	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	11	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Tsawwassen 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 Tsawwassen peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 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	1	3	4	7	6	8	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Tsawwassen?

Tsawwassen sits at 49.0°N, 123.1°W, 35 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Ladner, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Tsawwassen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tsawwassen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,108 m.

The land around Tsawwassen is covered by water (35%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, water (73%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

78 m

water 35%

16 km

107 m

water 73%

80 km

2,108 m

trees 49%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

March weather nearby: Ladner 8.0 km · Delta 8.0 km · Steveston 14 km · Broadmoor 15 km · Blundell 16 km · Seafair 17 km · Brighouse-City Centre 17 km · Richmond 17 km

Canada travel facts

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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
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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 Tsawwassen (49.0167°, -123.0833°, elevation 35 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	9	3
2	9	3
3	9	4
4	9	4
5	9	4
6	9	4
7	9	4
8	10	4
9	10	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	5
15	10	5
16	10	5
17	10	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	11	5
24	11	5
25	11	5
26	11	5
27	11	5
28	11	5
29	11	5
30	12	5
31	12	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	7
2	53	7
3	53	7
4	54	6
5	55	6
6	55	6
7	56	5
8	56	5
9	57	5
10	57	4
11	57	4
12	57	4
13	57	4
14	58	3
15	58	3
16	57	3
17	57	3
18	57	3
19	57	2
20	56	2
21	55	2
22	55	2
23	54	2
24	53	2
25	53	2
26	52	1
27	51	1
28	51	1
29	50	1
30	50	1
31	50	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	7
2	53	7
3	53	7
4	54	6
5	55	6
6	55	6
7	56	5
8	56	5
9	57	5
10	57	4
11	57	4
12	57	4
13	57	4
14	58	3
15	58	3
16	57	3
17	57	3
18	57	3
19	57	2
20	56	2
21	55	2
22	55	2
23	54	2
24	53	2
25	53	2
26	52	1
27	51	1
28	51	1
29	50	1
30	50	1
31	50	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	7
2	53	7
3	53	7
4	54	6
5	55	6
6	55	6
7	56	5
8	56	5
9	57	5
10	57	4
11	57	4
12	57	4
13	57	4
14	58	3
15	58	3
16	57	3
17	57	3
18	57	3
19	57	2
20	56	2
21	55	2
22	55	2
23	54	2
24	53	2
25	53	2
26	52	1
27	51	1
28	51	1
29	50	1
30	50	1
31	50	1

	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