Fairbanks weather in March

In March, Fairbanks sees average daytime highs of 25°F and overnight lows near 5°F, with 0.3 in of precipitation across 2.4 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°F in the first days to 32°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Fairbanks's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fairbanks's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 0.3 in; 2.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:25 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Fairbanks is city in Alaska, USA.

Density: 384/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1901

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°F in the first days to 32°F by the end.

A typical March day in Fairbanks reaches about 25°F in the afternoon and slips back to 5°F overnight — a 20°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°F and 40°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 12°F warmer than February and about 19°F 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 (°F)	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34
Avg low (°F)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	13

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	18	0
2	19	0
3	19	0
4	19	0
5	19	0
6	20	0
7	20	1
8	20	1
9	21	1
10	21	1
11	22	2
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	23	3
15	23	3
16	24	4
17	24	4
18	25	4
19	26	5
20	26	6
21	27	6
22	28	7
23	28	8
24	29	8
25	30	9
26	30	10
27	31	10
28	32	11
29	32	12
30	33	13
31	34	13

How March really feels in Fairbanks

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 31 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

31 feel bitter (≤ 14°F)

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

Fairbanks weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -9°	0.4	3.5	4.6	4.6	0.0
Feb	12° / -3°	0.4	3.1	3.9	7.8	0.0
Mar	25° / 5°	0.3	2.4	3.1	11.2	0.0
Apr	44° / 24°	0.4	2.8	2.2	14.7	1.3
May	60° / 41°	0.8	5.3	0.5	18.1	5.3
Jun	70° / 53°	2.0	10.2	0	20.6	6.3
Jul	71° / 55°	2.4	11	0	19.6	6.3
Aug	65° / 50°	2.4	10.9	0	16.2	5.6
Sep	54° / 39°	1.6	7.9	1	12.7	3.4
Oct	33° / 22°	0.8	5.4	4.2	9.2	0.1
Nov	14° / 3°	0.6	4.4	5.5	5.8	0.0
Dec	6° / -6°	0.4	3.7	4.7	3.3	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in March, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

	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 (%)	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	51	51	50	49	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	47	46	46
Cloudier (%)	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	49	50	51	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	53	54	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	46	54
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Fairbanks gets around 0.3 in of rain and snow over 2.4 wet days in March, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days, and about 3 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 (%)	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Snow chance (%)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

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 5 mph in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 5 mph 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 (mph)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 210 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 8:21 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 7:22 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)	9.4	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	11.1	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.9	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.5	12.7	12.8	12.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:21	8:17	8:13	8:10	8:06	8:02	7:59	7:55	7:51	7:48	7:44	7:40	7:37	7:33	7:29	7:25	7:22	7:18	7:14	7:10	7:07	7:03	6:59	6:56	6:52	6:48	6:44	6:40	6:37	6:33	6:29
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:51	5:54	5:57	6:01	6:04	6:07	6:10	6:13	6:17	6:20	6:23	6:26	6:29	6:32	6:36	6:39	6:42	6:45	6:48	6:51	6:54	6:58	7:01	7:04	7:07	7:10	7:13	7:16	7:19	7:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	8:21	5:48
2	9.6	8:17	5:51
3	9.7	8:13	5:54
4	9.8	8:10	5:57
5	9.9	8:06	6:01
6	10.0	8:02	6:04
7	10.1	7:59	6:07
8	10.3	7:55	6:10
9	10.4	7:51	6:13
10	10.5	7:48	6:17
11	10.6	7:44	6:20
12	10.7	7:40	6:23
13	10.8	7:37	6:26
14	10.9	7:33	6:29
15	11.1	7:29	6:32
16	11.2	7:25	6:36
17	11.3	7:22	6:39
18	11.4	7:18	6:42
19	11.5	7:14	6:45
20	11.6	7:10	6:48
21	11.7	7:07	6:51
22	11.9	7:03	6:54
23	12.0	6:59	6:58
24	12.1	6:56	7:01
25	12.2	6:52	7:04
26	12.3	6:48	7:07
27	12.4	6:44	7:10
28	12.5	6:40	7:13
29	12.7	6:37	7:16
30	12.8	6:33	7:19
31	12.9	6:29	7:22

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.05 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 2.45 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)	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.4
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	1.5	Dim
2	1.6	Dim
3	1.6	Dim
4	1.7	Dim
5	1.8	Dim
6	1.8	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Fairbanks?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fairbanks.

What to pack for Fairbanks in March

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

In March, Fairbanks sees daytime highs around 25°F and nights near 5°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

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UV index in Fairbanks 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 Fairbanks peaks around June 20 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 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	2	3	5	4	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	2	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Air quality in Fairbanks in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Fairbanks is worst in June — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 33.8× the cleanest month (December, 1 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	1	3	5	8	10	34	29	19	3	2	1	1
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	1	Good
Feb	3	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	3	Good
Oct	2	Good
Nov	1	Good
Dec	1	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Fairbanks?

Fairbanks sits at 64.8°N, 147.7°W, 446 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Badger, 6.2 mi away.

Topography around Fairbanks

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Fairbanks.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Fairbanks has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 ft around an average of 443 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,801 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,350 ft.

The land around Fairbanks is covered by trees (34%), artificial surfaces (31%) and grassland (22%) within 2 miles, trees (69%) and grassland (20%) within 10 miles, and trees (66%) and grassland (29%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

102 ft

trees 34%

10 miles

1,801 ft

trees 69%

50 miles

4,350 ft

trees 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

March weather nearby: Badger 6.2 mi · Eagle River 250 mi · Dawson City 252 mi · Anchorage 259 mi · Whitehorse 490 mi · Juneau 626 mi · Terrace 969 mi · Anadyr 1,010 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; 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 Fairbanks (64.8378°, -147.7164°, elevation 446 ft), 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	18	0
2	19	0
3	19	0
4	19	0
5	19	0
6	20	0
7	20	1
8	20	1
9	21	1
10	21	1
11	22	2
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	23	3
15	23	3
16	24	4
17	24	4
18	25	4
19	26	5
20	26	6
21	27	6
22	28	7
23	28	8
24	29	8
25	30	9
26	30	10
27	31	10
28	32	11
29	32	12
30	33	13
31	34	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	46	54
31	46	54

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

	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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	18	0
2	19	0
3	19	0
4	19	0
5	19	0
6	20	0
7	20	1
8	20	1
9	21	1
10	21	1
11	22	2
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	23	3
15	23	3
16	24	4
17	24	4
18	25	4
19	26	5
20	26	6
21	27	6
22	28	7
23	28	8
24	29	8
25	30	9
26	30	10
27	31	10
28	32	11
29	32	12
30	33	13
31	34	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	46	54
31	46	54

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

	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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	18	0
2	19	0
3	19	0
4	19	0
5	19	0
6	20	0
7	20	1
8	20	1
9	21	1
10	21	1
11	22	2
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	23	3
15	23	3
16	24	4
17	24	4
18	25	4
19	26	5
20	26	6
21	27	6
22	28	7
23	28	8
24	29	8
25	30	9
26	30	10
27	31	10
28	32	11
29	32	12
30	33	13
31	34	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	46	54
31	46	54

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

	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