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Jasper Park in March

Cold and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Jasper Park is cold: highs near 36°F, lows near 14°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 58 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Jasper Park is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -10°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 58 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
36°F2°Caverage
Low
14°F-10°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 48% of days
Daylight
11h 46mon average

Is March a good time to visit Jasper Park?

March sits outside Jasper Park's best months, which run from July to 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 36°F in March, against 22°F to 74°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in March, against -6°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

48% of days in March, against 43% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 46m in March, against 7h 40m to 16h 49m 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. February29°-2°low 9°low -13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March36°2°low 14°low -10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April46°8°low 25°low -4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Jasper Park sits, in March

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
8:09 AMsets 7:54 PM
Above the sea
1,060 mupland
Latitude
52.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lake Louise206 km south-east

The land around Jasper Park, 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 Jasper Park

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Jasper Park. 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 (1,060 m) against the climate model's (1,614 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 (1,060 m) against the climate model's (1,614 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.