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Wangdue Phodrang in March

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Wangdue Phodrang is cool: highs near 50°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about six days a week, and the days lengthen by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Wangdue Phodrang is cool: highs near 10°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about six days a week, and the days lengthen by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
50°F10°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 90% of days
Daylight
11h 58mon average

Is March a good time to visit Wangdue Phodrang?

March sits outside Wangdue Phodrang's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about six days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 50°F in March, against 44°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 10°C in March, against 7°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

90% of days in March, against 59% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

30% cover in March, against 22% to 83% through the year.

Daylight

11h 58m in March, against 10h 26m to 13h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February45°7°low 25°low -4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. March50°10°low 30°low -1°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. April57°14°low 36°low 2°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Wangdue Phodrang sits, in March

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:10 AMsets 6:08 PM
Above the sea
3,000 mhigh country
Latitude
27.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Punakha32 km west

The land around Wangdue Phodrang, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Bhutan in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Wangdue Phodrang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Wangdue Phodrang. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (3,000 m) against the climate model's (3,405 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (3,000 m) against the climate model's (3,405 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.