March Temperatures in British Columbia

Average temperatures for March at cities and towns throughout British Columbia are given below.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Southwest Mainland, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Central BC, Southeast BC and Northern BC.

The tables list the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures, in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Southwest BC Mainland

Average March temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
53	37	Abbotsford	12	3
53	37	Chilliwack	12	3
50	39	Gibsons	10	4
49	36	Powell River	9	2
51	38	Vancouver - Richmond	10	3
45	28	Whistler	7	-2

Gulf Islands

Average daily temperatures in March
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
50	39	Cortes Island, Whaletown	10	4
50	36	Gabriola Island	10	2
51	37	Mayne Island, Village Bay	11	3
51	38	Saltspring Island	10	4

Vancouver Island

Average daily temperatures in March
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
50	33	Campbell River	10	1
49	36	Courtenay - Comox	10	2
51	35	Duncan	11	2
51	33	Gold River	10	1
52	35	Nanaimo	11	2
53	34	Port Alberni	12	1
48	36	Port Hardy	9	2
50	37	Port Renfrew	10	3
51	37	Sidney	11	3
50	37	Tofino	10	3
53	40	Victoria	11	4

Central British Columbia

March temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
37	17	Barkerville	3	-9
50	32	Bella Coola	10	0
52	31	Kamloops	11	-1
50	31	Kelowna	10	0
52	31	Lillooet	11	0
51	31	Penticton	10	0
49	31	Vernon	10	-1
49	23	Williams Lake	9	-5

Southeast BC

Average March temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
49	31	Castlegar	9	-1
46	26	Cranbrook	8	-4
44	23	Golden	7	-5
45	28	Revelstoke	7	-2
42	23	Sparwood	5	-5

Northern British Columbia

Average March temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
31	13	Atlin	0	-11
30	7	Fort Nelson	-1	-14
32	15	Fort St John	0	-9
43	23	Prince George	6	-5
46	33	Prince Rupert	8	1
46	35	Sandspit, Haida Gwaii	8	2
41	23	Smithers	5	-5

Average March Temperatures in British Columbia