Nuuk Weather in March
Nuuk in March
The short of it: Nuuk in March averages a high of -4 °C (25 °F) and a low of -9 °C (17 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 11 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -4° · low -9° · rain 36 mm · daylight 11 h 29 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Nuuk an average March high of -4°, a low of -9° and some 36 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about -4°, nights near -9°. Pack the buffalo coat. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 11th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 11 h 29 min in mid-March, 185 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates March 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Nuuk runs about middling and about as wet in March. Maniitsoq, 148 km to the NNW, is 4° cooler by day.
March in Nuuk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 1° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Oct–Jun
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 23 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ManiitsoqQeqqata | 148 km NNW | -8° | -12° | 34 mm |
| QeqertarsuaqSermersooq | 250 km SSE | -1° | -7° | 58 mm |
| PaamiutSermersooq | 264 km SSE | -2° | -8° | 61 mm |
| KangerlussuaqQeqqata | 318 km N | -10° | -19° | 6.0 mm |
| SisimiutQeqqata | 319 km NNW | -10° | -17° | 27 mm |
| NarsaqKujalleq | 465 km SE | -1° | -8° | 57 mm |
| QaqortoqKujalleq | 483 km SE | 0° | -7° | 62 mm |