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Toronto in March

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Toronto is chilly: highs near 42°F, lows near 25°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 25 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Toronto is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
42°F6°Caverage
Low
25°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
11h 51mon average

Is March a good time to visit Toronto?

March sits outside Toronto's best months, which run from June to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two 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 42°F in March, against 34°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 6°C in March, against 1°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in March, against 29% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in March, against 39% to 69% through the year.

Daylight

11h 51m in March, against 8h 59m to 15h 23m 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. February34°1°low 18°low -8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March42°6°low 25°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April53°12°low 36°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Toronto sits, in March

America/Toronto
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:32 AMsets 7:22 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Ottawa353 km north-east

The land around Toronto, 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 Toronto

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Toronto. 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.