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Dublin in March

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Dublin is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 38°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours from the first week to the last.March in Dublin is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours from the first week to the last.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
38°F3°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
11h 45mon average

Is March a good time to visit Dublin?

March sits outside Dublin's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain 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 52°F in March, against 49°F to 69°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in March, against 9°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in March, against 42% to 53% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in March, against 56% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

11h 45m in March, against 7h 35m to 16h 54m 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 38°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March52°11°low 38°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April56°13°low 41°low 5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Dublin sits, in March

Europe/Dublin
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:42 AMsets 6:27 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
53.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Adare (Limerick)176 km south-west

The land around Dublin, 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 Ireland in March

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dublin. 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 (10 m) against the climate model's (144 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 (10 m) against the climate model's (144 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.