Saint Peter Port weather in March

In March, Saint Peter Port sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. 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 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 Saint Peter Port's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint Peter Port's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 58 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:33 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 7th clearest
Wind: 29 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.0; out of 10

Saint Peter Port is parish, port, and capital of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

Density: 2,537/km²; people per km²

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 10°C through the month.

A typical March day in Saint Peter Port reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°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	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Saint Peter Port weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 8°	98	15.7	8.4	1.8
Feb	9° / 7°	74	13.3	9.8	1.7
Mar	10° / 8°	58	11.5	11.5	2.0
Apr	11° / 9°	50	9.7	13.4	2.6
May	13° / 11°	45	7.9	15.1	3.6
Jun	15° / 13°	42	7.5	16	4.7
Jul	17° / 15°	36	6.9	15.6	5.7
Aug	17° / 16°	50	8.6	14.2	5.9
Sep	17° / 15°	57	9.4	12.4	5.5
Oct	15° / 14°	107	15	10.5	4.1
Nov	13° / 11°	121	17.7	8.9	2.8
Dec	11° / 9°	121	17	8	2.2

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 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	33	33	34	34	34	35	34	35	34	35	34	35	34	35	35	35	36	37	38	38	40	40	40	42	43	43	45	45	47	47	47
Cloudier (%)	67	67	66	66	66	65	66	65	66	65	66	65	66	65	65	65	64	63	62	62	60	60	60	58	57	57	55	55	53	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Saint Peter Port gets around 58 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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 37% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	49	49	48	47	45	44	42	40	38	37	35	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	47
5	45
6	44
7	42
8	40
9	38
10	37
11	35
12	34
13	33
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	35

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 28 km/h on the calmest days to 32 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)	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Feels	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	32	windy
2	32	windy
3	32	windy
4	31	windy
5	31	windy
6	31	windy
7	31	windy
8	30	windy
9	30	windy
10	30	windy
11	30	windy
12	29	windy
13	29	windy
14	29	windy
15	29	breezy
16	29	breezy
17	29	breezy
18	28	breezy
19	28	breezy
20	28	breezy
21	28	breezy
22	28	breezy
23	28	breezy
24	28	breezy
25	28	breezy
26	28	breezy
27	28	breezy
28	28	breezy
29	28	breezy
30	28	breezy
31	28	breezy

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 7:05 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 6:30 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	10.7	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	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)	7:05	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:44	5:45	5:47	5:48	5:50	5:52	5:53	5:55	5:57	5:58	6:00	6:01	6:03	6:05	6:06	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:05	5:42
2	10.7	7:03	5:44
3	10.7	7:01	5:45
4	10.8	6:59	5:47
5	10.9	6:57	5:48
6	10.9	6:55	5:50
7	11.0	6:53	5:52
8	11.0	6:51	5:53
9	11.1	6:48	5:55
10	11.2	6:46	5:57
11	11.2	6:44	5:58
12	11.3	6:42	6:00
13	11.4	6:40	6:01
14	11.4	6:38	6:03
15	11.5	6:36	6:05
16	11.5	6:33	6:06
17	11.6	6:31	6:08
18	11.7	6:29	6:09
19	11.7	6:27	6:11
20	11.8	6:25	6:12
21	11.9	6:23	6:14
22	11.9	6:20	6:16
23	12.0	6:18	6:17
24	12.0	6:16	6:19
25	12.1	6:14	6:20
26	12.2	6:12	6:22
27	12.2	6:09	6:23
28	12.3	6:07	6:25
29	12.4	6:05	6:27
30	12.4	6:03	6:28
31	12.5	6:01	6:30

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.15 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	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	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	4.0	4.0
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	Bright

	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	2.7	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Saint Peter Port

In seasonPeak

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

Saint Peter Port's rainy season runs September–March, 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 Saint Peter Port?

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

2.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Saint Peter Port.

What to pack for Saint Peter Port in March

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

In March, Saint Peter Port sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 8°C. Pack a warm layer and a windbreaker. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Saint Peter Port 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 offshore is warmest in September at about 17°C and coldest in March near 9°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)	10	10	9	10	12	14	16	17	17	16	14	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Saint Peter Port in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Saint Peter Port peaks around August 12 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Saint Peter Port?

Saint Peter Port sits at 49.5°N, 2.5°W, 10 m above sea level, in Guernsey. The nearest listed city is Saint Helier, 43 km away.

Topography around Saint Peter Port

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint Peter Port has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m.

The land around Saint Peter Port is covered by water (41%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, water (91%) within 16 km, and water (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

105 m

water 41%

16 km

108 m

water 91%

80 km

191 m

water 88%

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← February Saint Peter Port year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Saint Helier 43 km · Octeville 67 km · Équeurdreville-Hainneville 67 km · Cherbourg 69 km · Tourlaville 73 km · Saint-Malo 98 km · Lannion 105 km · Saint-Brieuc 106 km

Guernsey travel facts

Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 50 Hz

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 Saint Peter Port (49.4598°, -2.5353°, elevation 10 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	7
2	9	7
3	9	8
4	9	8
5	9	8
6	9	8
7	9	8
8	9	8
9	10	8
10	10	8
11	10	8
12	10	8
13	10	8
14	10	8
15	10	8
16	10	8
17	10	8
18	10	8
19	10	8
20	10	8
21	10	8
22	10	8
23	10	8
24	10	8
25	10	8
26	10	8
27	10	8
28	10	8
29	10	8
30	10	8
31	10	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	47
5	45
6	44
7	42
8	40
9	38
10	37
11	35
12	34
13	33
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	35

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	47
5	45
6	44
7	42
8	40
9	38
10	37
11	35
12	34
13	33
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	35

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	42	58
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	47
5	45
6	44
7	42
8	40
9	38
10	37
11	35
12	34
13	33
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	35

	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