Stanley weather in March

In March, Stanley sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 55 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Stanley's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stanley's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 55 mm; 12.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:46 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 4th clearest
Wind: 29 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Stanley is capital of the Falkland Islands.

Founded: 1843

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical March day in Stanley reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°C warmer 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How March really feels in Stanley

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.

Stanley weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 8°	62	13.1	0	15.9	2.7
Feb	12° / 9°	53	11.9	0	14.4	2.7
Mar	11° / 8°	55	12.1	0	12.5	2.4
Apr	9° / 6°	51	12.5	0.2	10.4	1.6
May	7° / 5°	48	12	0.5	8.6	0.9
Jun	5° / 3°	47	12.3	2.4	7.7	0.2
Jul	5° / 3°	49	12.3	3.4	8.1	0.0
Aug	5° / 3°	39	10.3	2	9.6	0.1
Sep	6° / 3°	37	9.9	1.5	11.6	0.3
Oct	7° / 5°	41	10.1	0.6	13.6	1.0
Nov	9° / 6°	50	11.5	0.1	15.4	1.6
Dec	10° / 7°	67	14.2	0	16.3	2.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

	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 (%)	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	34	34	35	35
Cloudier (%)	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	63	63	64	65	65	66	66	66	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	66	66	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	36	64
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	35	65

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Stanley gets around 55 mm of rain over 12.1 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

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 29 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 29 km/h on the calmest days to 30 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 7:50 PM to 6:41 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)	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:25	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:32	6:34	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:55	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:02	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:12
Sunset (PM)	7:50	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:41	7:39	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:04	7:02	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:45	6:43	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	6:20	7:50
2	13.4	6:21	7:47
3	13.4	6:23	7:45
4	13.3	6:25	7:43
5	13.2	6:27	7:41
6	13.2	6:29	7:39
7	13.1	6:30	7:36
8	13.0	6:32	7:34
9	13.0	6:34	7:32
10	12.9	6:36	7:30
11	12.8	6:38	7:27
12	12.8	6:39	7:25
13	12.7	6:41	7:23
14	12.6	6:43	7:21
15	12.6	6:45	7:18
16	12.5	6:46	7:16
17	12.4	6:48	7:14
18	12.4	6:50	7:11
19	12.3	6:52	7:09
20	12.2	6:53	7:07
21	12.2	6:55	7:04
22	12.1	6:57	7:02
23	12.0	6:58	6:59
24	11.9	7:00	6:57
25	11.9	7:02	6:55
26	11.8	7:04	6:52
27	11.7	7:05	6:50
28	11.7	7:07	6:48
29	11.6	7:09	6:45
30	11.5	7:11	6:43
31	11.5	7:12	6:41

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.58 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 3.37 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)	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.2	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.0	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Stanley?

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

2.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Stanley.

What to pack for Stanley in March

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

In March, Stanley sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 8°C. Pack a warm layer and a windbreaker. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera windbreakerrain gear

Sea temperature near Stanley in March

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in February at about 10°C and coldest in August near 5°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)	9	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	6	7	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	8	Bracing
May	7	Bracing
Jun	6	Bracing
Jul	6	Bracing
Aug	5	Bracing
Sep	5	Bracing
Oct	6	Bracing
Nov	7	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Stanley in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Stanley peaks around December 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	8	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	5	6	9
Level	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	2	Moderate
May	1	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	1	Low
Sep	2	Moderate
Oct	5	High
Nov	6	High
Dec	9	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Stanley?

Stanley sits at 51.7°S, 57.9°W, 28 m above sea level, in Falkland Islands. The nearest listed city is Río Grande, 702 km away.

Topography around Stanley

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stanley has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m.

The land around Stanley is covered by grassland (66%) and water (31%) within 3 km, water (64%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and water (62%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

131 m

grassland 66%

16 km

306 m

water 64%

80 km

695 m

water 62%

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

March weather nearby: Río Grande 702 km · Puerto Deseado 725 km · Ushuaia 776 km · Río Gallegos 785 km · Punta Arenas 899 km · Pico Truncado 912 km · Caleta Olivia 913 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 957 km

Falkland Islands travel facts

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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 Stanley (-51.6938°, -57.857°, elevation 28 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	11	8
2	11	8
3	11	8
4	11	8
5	11	8
6	11	8
7	11	8
8	11	8
9	11	8
10	11	8
11	11	8
12	11	8
13	11	8
14	11	8
15	11	8
16	11	8
17	11	8
18	11	8
19	10	8
20	10	8
21	10	8
22	10	8
23	10	8
24	10	8
25	10	7
26	10	7
27	10	7
28	10	7
29	10	7
30	10	7
31	10	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	36	64
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	36	64
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	36	64
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	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