Average Sunshine in California for March
Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in California is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.
Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime.
Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. All the numbers are annual averages, made from years of weather watching.
| City | Sunny Days |
Partly Sunny Days |
Total Days With Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| Bishop | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| Blue Canyon | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Eureka | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Fresno | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Long Beach | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| Los Angeles Airport | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| Los Angeles Downtown | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| Mount Shasta | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Redding | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Sacramento | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| San Diego | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| San Francisco Airport | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| Santa Maria | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| Stockton | 10 | 8 | 18 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are monthly averages based on many years of weather observations.
| City | % Sun |
|---|---|
| Eureka | 52 |
| Fresno | 77 |
| Los Angeles Downtown | 73 |
| Redding | 85 |
| Sacramento | 74 |
| San Diego | 70 |
| San Francisco Downtown | 69 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.