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Fogo Island in March

Cold and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Fogo Island is cold: highs near 33°F, lows near 22°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 46 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Fogo Island is cold: highs near 1°C, lows near -6°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 46 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
33°F1°Caverage
Low
22°F-6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
11h 48mon average

Is March a good time to visit Fogo Island?

March sits outside Fogo Island's best months, which run from August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about three 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 33°F in March, against 31°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 1°C in March, against -1°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in March, against 41% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

71% cover in March, against 53% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

11h 48m in March, against 8h 11m to 16h 15m 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. February31°-1°low 19°low -7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. March33°1°low 22°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April39°4°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Fogo Island sits, in March

America/St Johns
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:23 AMsets 7:10 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
49.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Halifax907 km south-west

The land around Fogo Island, 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 Canada in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Fogo Island

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Fogo Island. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.