Brighton weather in March

In March, Brighton sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 50 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°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 30 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Brighton's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brighton's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 50 mm; 9.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:25 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 8th clearest
Wind: 25 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Brighton is city of Brighton & Hove, in East Sussex, England.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 8.9 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 3,434/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1313

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 9°C through the month.

A typical March day in Brighton reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 2°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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Brighton weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 6°	90	14.1	0.5	8.2	1.3
Feb	8° / 5°	63	11.1	0.5	9.7	1.2
Mar	9° / 6°	50	9.9	0.3	11.5	1.7
Apr	10° / 8°	48	9.3	0	13.5	2.5
May	13° / 10°	46	8.5	0	15.2	3.6
Jun	15° / 13°	47	8.5	0	16.2	4.8
Jul	17° / 15°	49	8.8	0	15.8	5.9
Aug	18° / 16°	62	9.3	0	14.3	6.1
Sep	17° / 15°	67	10.7	0	12.4	5.4
Oct	15° / 12°	108	13.9	0	10.4	4.0
Nov	12° / 9°	116	15.4	0	8.7	2.6
Dec	9° / 7°	103	14.1	0.3	7.8	1.8

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 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%. 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 (%)	31	32	32	32	32	33	32	32	33	33	34	32	32	34	34	34	34	34	36	36	36	36	37	38	39	39	40	40	41	42	43
Cloudier (%)	69	68	68	68	68	67	68	68	67	67	66	68	68	66	66	66	66	66	64	64	64	64	63	62	61	61	60	60	59	58	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	43	57

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Brighton gets around 50 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 40% 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 (%)	40	40	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	1	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	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	2
2	40	2
3	40	2
4	39	1
5	38	1
6	37	1
7	36	1
8	35	1
9	34	1
10	33	1
11	32	1
12	31	1
13	30	1
14	29	1
15	29	1
16	28	1
17	28	1
18	28	1
19	28	1
20	28	1
21	29	1
22	29	1
23	29	1
24	30	1
25	30	1
26	30	0
27	30	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	0
31	31	0

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 25 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 28 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)	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
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	28	breezy
2	28	breezy
3	27	breezy
4	27	breezy
5	27	breezy
6	27	breezy
7	27	breezy
8	27	breezy
9	26	breezy
10	26	breezy
11	26	breezy
12	26	breezy
13	26	breezy
14	25	breezy
15	25	breezy
16	25	breezy
17	25	breezy
18	25	breezy
19	25	breezy
20	25	breezy
21	25	breezy
22	25	breezy
23	24	breezy
24	24	breezy
25	24	breezy
26	24	breezy
27	24	breezy
28	24	breezy
29	24	breezy
30	24	breezy
31	24	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 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 120 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 6:21 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)	10.5	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.3	11.3	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)	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:06	6:04	6:02	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:52	5:50
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:39	5:41	5:42	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:54	5:56	5:58	5:59	6:01	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:13	6:14	6:16	6:18	6:19	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:57	5:30
2	10.6	6:55	5:32
3	10.7	6:53	5:34
4	10.7	6:51	5:35
5	10.8	6:49	5:37
6	10.9	6:47	5:39
7	10.9	6:45	5:41
8	11.0	6:42	5:42
9	11.1	6:40	5:44
10	11.1	6:38	5:46
11	11.2	6:36	5:47
12	11.3	6:34	5:49
13	11.3	6:31	5:51
14	11.4	6:29	5:52
15	11.5	6:27	5:54
16	11.5	6:25	5:56
17	11.6	6:22	5:58
18	11.7	6:20	5:59
19	11.7	6:18	6:01
20	11.8	6:15	6:03
21	11.9	6:13	6:04
22	11.9	6:11	6:06
23	12.0	6:09	6:08
24	12.0	6:06	6:09
25	12.1	6:04	6:11
26	12.2	6:02	6:13
27	12.2	5:59	6:14
28	12.3	5:57	6:16
29	12.4	5:55	6:18
30	12.4	5:52	6:19
31	12.5	5:50	6:21

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 2.88 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)	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	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	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7
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	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Brighton?

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

1.7

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 Brighton.

What to pack for Brighton in March

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

In March, Brighton sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Brighton 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 at the nearest coast (about 23 km away) is warmest in September at about 17°C and coldest in March near 8°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	9	8	9	11	13	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	9	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	9	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Brighton 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 Brighton peaks around August 10 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	4	6	6	6	6	4	2	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	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Brighton?

Brighton sits at 50.8°N, 0.1°W, 29 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Hove, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Brighton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brighton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 302 m.

The land around Brighton is covered by artificial surfaces (39%), water (29%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, water (42%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and water (35%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

177 m

artificial surfaces 39%

16 km

247 m

water 42%

80 km

302 m

water 35%

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

March weather nearby: Hove 2.0 km · Portslade 6.0 km · Rottingdean 6.0 km · Shoreham-by-Sea 9.0 km · Peacehaven 10 km · Lewes 12 km · Lancing 13 km · Burgess Hill 14 km

United Kingdom travel facts

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Prices: ≈ 89% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $57,602; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 3.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Brighton (50.8284°, -0.1395°, elevation 29 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	8	6
2	8	6
3	8	6
4	8	6
5	8	6
6	8	6
7	8	6
8	8	6
9	9	6
10	9	6
11	9	6
12	9	6
13	9	6
14	9	6
15	9	6
16	9	6
17	9	6
18	9	6
19	9	6
20	9	6
21	9	7
22	9	7
23	9	7
24	9	7
25	9	7
26	9	7
27	9	7
28	9	7
29	9	7
30	9	7
31	9	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	2
2	40	2
3	40	2
4	39	1
5	38	1
6	37	1
7	36	1
8	35	1
9	34	1
10	33	1
11	32	1
12	31	1
13	30	1
14	29	1
15	29	1
16	28	1
17	28	1
18	28	1
19	28	1
20	28	1
21	29	1
22	29	1
23	29	1
24	30	1
25	30	1
26	30	0
27	30	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	0
31	31	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	2
2	40	2
3	40	2
4	39	1
5	38	1
6	37	1
7	36	1
8	35	1
9	34	1
10	33	1
11	32	1
12	31	1
13	30	1
14	29	1
15	29	1
16	28	1
17	28	1
18	28	1
19	28	1
20	28	1
21	29	1
22	29	1
23	29	1
24	30	1
25	30	1
26	30	0
27	30	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	0
31	31	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	2
2	40	2
3	40	2
4	39	1
5	38	1
6	37	1
7	36	1
8	35	1
9	34	1
10	33	1
11	32	1
12	31	1
13	30	1
14	29	1
15	29	1
16	28	1
17	28	1
18	28	1
19	28	1
20	28	1
21	29	1
22	29	1
23	29	1
24	30	1
25	30	1
26	30	0
27	30	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	0
31	31	0

	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