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Vancouver Island in March

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Vancouver Island is cool: highs near 51°F, lows near 35°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 44 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Vancouver Island is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 44 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
51°F11°Caverage
Low
35°F2°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 66% of days
Daylight
11h 48mon average

Is March a good time to visit Vancouver Island?

March sits outside Vancouver Island's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain on about five 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 51°F in March, against 49°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in March, against 9°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

66% of days in March, against 26% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

75% cover in March, against 48% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

11h 48m in March, against 8h 14m to 16h 11m 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. February50°10°low 35°low 2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. March51°11°low 35°low 2°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. April56°13°low 37°low 3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Vancouver Island sits, in March

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:39 AMsets 7:27 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
49.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tofino25 km south

The land around Vancouver 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 Vancouver Island

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Vancouver 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, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (632 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (632 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.