Vik weather in March

In March, Vik sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 263 mm of precipitation across 21.2 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 2°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Vik's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vik's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 2°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 263 mm; 21.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:49 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 6th clearest
Wind: 23 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 1.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Vik is human settlement in Iceland.

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 2°C through the month.

A typical March day in Vik reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°C and 6°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)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Avg low (°C)	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0

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

How March really feels in Vik

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

wind chill below the day's low

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

Vik weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -1°	289	22	19.9	5.2	0.0
Feb	2° / -1°	278	20.1	18	8.1	0.0
Mar	2° / -1°	263	21.2	19.3	11.2	0.0
Apr	3° / 1°	201	18.9	15	14.5	0.0
May	5° / 3°	143	16.7	8.8	17.7	0.1
Jun	8° / 6°	124	14.8	1.9	19.8	1.0
Jul	9° / 7°	138	16.8	0.1	18.9	1.5
Aug	9° / 7°	179	16.7	0.1	15.9	1.6
Sep	8° / 5°	273	20.4	4	12.7	0.8
Oct	5° / 3°	285	20.1	10.7	9.4	0.1
Nov	3° / 0°	270	19.4	15.4	6.3	0.0
Dec	2° / -1°	306	21.9	18.9	4.2	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

	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 (%)	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	24	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	23	23	24
Cloudier (%)	77	76	76	76	77	77	77	76	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	79	78	78	78	78	78	77	76	76	77	77	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	24	76
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	24	76

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Vik gets around 263 mm of rain and snow over 21.2 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 68% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days, and about 19 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 (%)	64	64	64	65	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	72	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	70	69	69	68	67	66	66	65	65	64	64
Snow chance (%)	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	64	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	64	63	62	61	61	60	59	58	58	57	57	56	56	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	64	59
2	64	60
3	64	60
4	65	61
5	65	62
6	66	62
7	67	63
8	68	64
9	69	65
10	70	65
11	71	66
12	72	66
13	72	66
14	73	66
15	73	66
16	73	66
17	73	65
18	72	64
19	72	63
20	71	62
21	70	61
22	69	61
23	69	60
24	68	59
25	67	58
26	66	58
27	66	57
28	65	57
29	65	56
30	64	56
31	64	56

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 23 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 23 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 192 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 8:41 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 7:46 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)	9.6	9.7	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.1	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.7	11.8	11.9	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.5	12.6	12.7	12.8
Sunrise (AM)	8:41	8:38	8:34	8:31	8:27	8:24	8:20	8:17	8:14	8:10	8:07	8:03	8:00	7:56	7:53	7:49	7:46	7:42	7:39	7:35	7:31	7:28	7:24	7:21	7:17	7:14	7:10	7:07	7:03	7:00	6:56
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:21	6:24	6:27	6:30	6:33	6:36	6:39	6:42	6:45	6:48	6:51	6:53	6:56	6:59	7:02	7:05	7:08	7:11	7:14	7:17	7:20	7:23	7:26	7:29	7:31	7:34	7:37	7:40	7:43	7:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	8:41	6:18
2	9.7	8:38	6:21
3	9.8	8:34	6:24
4	9.9	8:31	6:27
5	10.0	8:27	6:30
6	10.1	8:24	6:33
7	10.3	8:20	6:36
8	10.4	8:17	6:39
9	10.5	8:14	6:42
10	10.6	8:10	6:45
11	10.7	8:07	6:48
12	10.8	8:03	6:51
13	10.9	8:00	6:53
14	11.0	7:56	6:56
15	11.1	7:53	6:59
16	11.2	7:49	7:02
17	11.3	7:46	7:05
18	11.4	7:42	7:08
19	11.5	7:39	7:11
20	11.7	7:35	7:14
21	11.8	7:31	7:17
22	11.9	7:28	7:20
23	12.0	7:24	7:23
24	12.1	7:21	7:26
25	12.2	7:17	7:29
26	12.3	7:14	7:31
27	12.4	7:10	7:34
28	12.5	7:07	7:37
29	12.6	7:03	7:40
30	12.7	7:00	7:43
31	12.8	6:56	7:46

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 1.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 1.94 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)	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.3	Dim
2	1.3	Dim
3	1.4	Dim
4	1.4	Dim
5	1.4	Dim
6	1.5	Dim
7	1.5	Dim
8	1.6	Dim
9	1.6	Dim
10	1.6	Dim
11	1.7	Dim
12	1.7	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	2.0	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Vik?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vik.

What to pack for Vik in March

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

In March, Vik sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 21 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Vik in March

The nearest coast averages about 7°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 12°C and coldest in February 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)	8	7	7	8	8	10	11	12	10	9	8	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

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

UV index in Vik in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vik peaks around June 19 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	3	4	5	5	3	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Vik?

Vik sits at 63.4°N, 19.0°W, 0 m above sea level, in Iceland. The nearest listed city is Hafnarfjörður, 161 km away.

Topography around Vik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vik has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m around an average of 96 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,219 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,623 m.

The land around Vik is covered by grassland (45%) and water (31%) within 3 km, water (47%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and water (42%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

492 m

grassland 45%

16 km

1,219 m

water 47%

80 km

1,623 m

water 42%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

March weather nearby: Hafnarfjörður 161 km · Kópavogur 162 km · Reykjavik 163 km · Reykjanesbær 186 km · Keflavik 187 km · Akureyri 256 km · Tórshavn 642 km · Isle of Lewis 893 km

Iceland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 118% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $98,323; 2025
Happiness: 7.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2; 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 Vik (63.4194°, -19.0097°, elevation 0 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	1	-2
2	1	-2
3	1	-2
4	1	-2
5	2	-2
6	2	-1
7	2	-1
8	2	-1
9	2	-1
10	2	-1
11	2	-1
12	2	-1
13	2	-1
14	2	-1
15	2	-1
16	2	-1
17	2	-1
18	2	-1
19	2	-1
20	2	-1
21	2	-1
22	2	-1
23	2	-1
24	2	-1
25	2	-1
26	2	-1
27	2	0
28	2	0
29	2	0
30	3	0
31	3	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	24	76
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	64	59
2	64	60
3	64	60
4	65	61
5	65	62
6	66	62
7	67	63
8	68	64
9	69	65
10	70	65
11	71	66
12	72	66
13	72	66
14	73	66
15	73	66
16	73	66
17	73	65
18	72	64
19	72	63
20	71	62
21	70	61
22	69	61
23	69	60
24	68	59
25	67	58
26	66	58
27	66	57
28	65	57
29	65	56
30	64	56
31	64	56

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	24	76
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	64	59
2	64	60
3	64	60
4	65	61
5	65	62
6	66	62
7	67	63
8	68	64
9	69	65
10	70	65
11	71	66
12	72	66
13	72	66
14	73	66
15	73	66
16	73	66
17	73	65
18	72	64
19	72	63
20	71	62
21	70	61
22	69	61
23	69	60
24	68	59
25	67	58
26	66	58
27	66	57
28	65	57
29	65	56
30	64	56
31	64	56

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	24	76
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	64	59
2	64	60
3	64	60
4	65	61
5	65	62
6	66	62
7	67	63
8	68	64
9	69	65
10	70	65
11	71	66
12	72	66
13	72	66
14	73	66
15	73	66
16	73	66
17	73	65
18	72	64
19	72	63
20	71	62
21	70	61
22	69	61
23	69	60
24	68	59
25	67	58
26	66	58
27	66	57
28	65	57
29	65	56
30	64	56
31	64	56

	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