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 1981 to 2010.
You can jump to a separate table for: Southern England, Northern England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The UK as a whole has an average 108 hours of sun in March.
Southern England
Total March sunshine
| Place |
Hours |
| Birmingham |
98 |
| Cambridge |
111 |
| Eastbourne |
128 |
| Exeter |
123 |
| Ipswich |
116 |
| London |
107 |
| Lowestoft |
114 |
| Newquay |
125 |
| Oxford |
111 |
Northern England
Average amount of sun in March
| Place |
Hours |
| Blackpool |
112 |
| Grimsby |
111 |
| Malham Tarn, Yorkshire Dales |
83 |
| Manchester |
99 |
| Newcastle |
116 |
| Penrith |
97 |
| Sheffield |
112 |
Wales
Average March sun
| Place |
Hours |
| Aberporth |
120 |
| Aberystwyth |
89 |
| Cardiff |
112 |
| Tenby |
120 |
| Valley, Anglesey |
123 |
Scotland
Number of sunny hours in March on average
| Place |
Hours |
| Aberdeen |
120 |
| Dundee |
126 |
| Edinburgh |
115 |
| Forres |
107 |
| Glasgow |
99 |
| Kirkwall, Orkney Islands |
98 |
| Lerwick, Shetland Islands |
94 |
| Oban |
89 |
| Stornoway, Outer Hebrides |
98 |
| Tiree, Inner Hebrides |
111 |
Northern Ireland
Average total sunshine in March
| Place |
Hours |
| Armagh |
97 |
| Belfast |
103 |
| Londonderry |
89 |