Elgin weather in March

In March, Elgin sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 13.6 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Elgin's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Elgin's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 57 mm; 13.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:41 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 9th clearest
Wind: 26 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 2.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.9; out of 10

Elgin is former cathedral city and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland, UK.

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 7°C through the month.

A typical March day in Elgin reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 10°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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	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	5	5	5	5

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

How March really feels in Elgin

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 14 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.

Elgin weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 11th-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° / 4°	70	15.5	0.9	7	0.7
Feb	6° / 4°	59	12.7	1.7	9	0.6
Mar	7° / 5°	57	13.6	1.2	11.4	0.9
Apr	8° / 6°	54	12.1	0.6	14	1.5
May	10° / 8°	57	11.8	0	16.3	2.3
Jun	13° / 11°	70	13.3	0	17.6	3.1
Jul	15° / 13°	68	13.4	0	17.1	4.0
Aug	15° / 13°	85	14.4	0	15	4.1
Sep	14° / 12°	81	13.5	0	12.5	3.6
Oct	12° / 9°	103	16.6	0	10	2.5
Nov	9° / 7°	90	17.1	0.4	7.7	1.6
Dec	7° / 5°	78	16.1	1.2	6.4	0.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% 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	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Elgin gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 13.6 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 44% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	50	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	48	47	47	46	45	44	43	43	42	42	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40
Snow chance (%)	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	9
2	51	9
3	51	9
4	50	9
5	50	8
6	50	8
7	49	7
8	49	6
9	48	6
10	47	5
11	47	4
12	46	4
13	45	3
14	44	3
15	43	3
16	43	3
17	42	2
18	42	2
19	41	2
20	40	2
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	39	2
24	39	2
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	3
28	39	3
29	39	3
30	39	3
31	40	3

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 26 km/h in March.

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 156 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:23 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 6:38 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)	10.1	10.2	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.8	11.9	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.5	12.6	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:23	7:20	7:17	7:15	7:12	7:09	7:07	7:04	7:01	6:58	6:55	6:53	6:50	6:47	6:44	6:41	6:39	6:36	6:33	6:30	6:27	6:24	6:21	6:19	6:16	6:13	6:10	6:07	6:04	6:01	5:59
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:33	5:35	5:37	5:39	5:42	5:44	5:46	5:49	5:51	5:53	5:55	5:58	6:00	6:02	6:04	6:07	6:09	6:11	6:13	6:16	6:18	6:20	6:22	6:25	6:27	6:29	6:31	6:34	6:36	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:23	5:30
2	10.2	7:20	5:33
3	10.3	7:17	5:35
4	10.4	7:15	5:37
5	10.5	7:12	5:39
6	10.5	7:09	5:42
7	10.6	7:07	5:44
8	10.7	7:04	5:46
9	10.8	7:01	5:49
10	10.9	6:58	5:51
11	11.0	6:55	5:53
12	11.0	6:53	5:55
13	11.1	6:50	5:58
14	11.2	6:47	6:00
15	11.3	6:44	6:02
16	11.4	6:41	6:04
17	11.5	6:39	6:07
18	11.6	6:36	6:09
19	11.6	6:33	6:11
20	11.7	6:30	6:13
21	11.8	6:27	6:16
22	11.9	6:24	6:18
23	12.0	6:21	6:20
24	12.1	6:19	6:22
25	12.1	6:16	6:25
26	12.2	6:13	6:27
27	12.3	6:10	6:29
28	12.4	6:07	6:31
29	12.5	6:04	6:34
30	12.6	6:01	6:36
31	12.7	5:59	6:38

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.31 kWh/m² to a high of 5.06 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 2.35 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)	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	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	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	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	1.7	Dim
2	1.8	Dim
3	1.8	Dim
4	1.8	Dim
5	1.9	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	2.0	Dim
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.7	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Elgin?

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

0.9

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Elgin.

What to pack for Elgin in March

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

In March, Elgin sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Elgin 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 at the nearest coast (about 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 14°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)	7	7	7	7	9	12	14	14	13	12	10	9
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	7	Bracing
Apr	7	Bracing
May	9	Bracing
Jun	12	Bracing
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	10	Bracing
Dec	9	Bracing

UV index in Elgin in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Elgin peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 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	1	2	3	5	5	5	4	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Elgin?

Elgin sits at 57.6°N, 3.3°W, 20 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Inverness, 57 km away.

Topography around Elgin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Elgin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 403 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,309 m.

The land around Elgin is covered by grassland (30%), trees (28%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, water (31%), grassland (29%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

129 m

grassland 30%

16 km

403 m

water 31%

80 km

1,309 m

grassland 46%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

March weather nearby: Inverness 57 km · Aberdeen 92 km · Peterhead 93 km · Nigg 94 km · Arbroath 129 km · Dundee 133 km · Perth 140 km · Fort William 142 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
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
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 Elgin (57.6495°, -3.3184°, elevation 20 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	7	4
2	7	4
3	7	4
4	7	4
5	7	4
6	7	4
7	7	4
8	7	4
9	7	4
10	7	4
11	7	5
12	7	5
13	7	5
14	7	5
15	7	5
16	7	5
17	7	5
18	7	5
19	7	5
20	7	5
21	7	5
22	7	5
23	7	5
24	7	5
25	7	5
26	8	5
27	8	5
28	8	5
29	8	5
30	8	5
31	8	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	9
2	51	9
3	51	9
4	50	9
5	50	8
6	50	8
7	49	7
8	49	6
9	48	6
10	47	5
11	47	4
12	46	4
13	45	3
14	44	3
15	43	3
16	43	3
17	42	2
18	42	2
19	41	2
20	40	2
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	39	2
24	39	2
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	3
28	39	3
29	39	3
30	39	3
31	40	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	9
2	51	9
3	51	9
4	50	9
5	50	8
6	50	8
7	49	7
8	49	6
9	48	6
10	47	5
11	47	4
12	46	4
13	45	3
14	44	3
15	43	3
16	43	3
17	42	2
18	42	2
19	41	2
20	40	2
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	39	2
24	39	2
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	3
28	39	3
29	39	3
30	39	3
31	40	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	9
2	51	9
3	51	9
4	50	9
5	50	8
6	50	8
7	49	7
8	49	6
9	48	6
10	47	5
11	47	4
12	46	4
13	45	3
14	44	3
15	43	3
16	43	3
17	42	2
18	42	2
19	41	2
20	40	2
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	39	2
24	39	2
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	3
28	39	3
29	39	3
30	39	3
31	40	3

	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