The tables below give March averages for the number of hours with sunshine at cities and towns throughout the United Kingdom. The monthly totals are based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.
The UK as a whole has an average 109 hours of sun in March.
Southern England
Total March sunshine
Place |
Hours |
Birmingham |
118 |
Bristol |
114 |
Dover |
125 |
Isles of Scilly |
132 |
London, Greenwich |
110 |
London, Kew Gardens |
128 |
Norwich |
130 |
Nottingham |
116 |
Plymouth |
131 |
Southampton |
125 |
Stoke-on-Trent |
114 |
Weymouth |
141 |
Northern England
Average amount of sun in March
Place |
Hours |
Ambleside, Windermere Lake |
97 |
Berwick-upon-Tweed |
120 |
Dumfries |
102 |
Hull |
118 |
Manchester |
104 |
Middlesbrough |
110 |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
112 |
Prestwick |
106 |
Sheffield |
121 |
Wales
Average March sun
Place |
Hours |
Cardiff |
117 |
Llandrindod Wells |
101 |
Scotland
Number of sunny hours in March on average
Place |
Hours |
Aberdeen |
125 |
Dundee |
121 |
Edinburgh |
117 |
Glasgow |
104 |
Inverness |
110 |
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands |
102 |
Lerwick, Shetland Islands |
98 |
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides |
108 |
Tiree, Inner Hebrides |
122 |
Northern Ireland
Average total sunshine in March
Place |
Hours |
Armagh |
102 |
Belfast |
98 |
Londonderry |
107 |