Where Is It Sunny in March? Warmest Destinations

Sunshine hours, temperature and rain in March for 108 destinations – station data (DWD, 1991–2020). Sunniest: Luxor with 10.9 hours of sun a day.

The sunniest destinations in March

  • 1. Luxor: 10.9 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 2 mm · 99
  • 2. Hurghada: 10.6 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 1 mm · 98
  • 3. Aqaba: 10.6 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 3 mm · 98
  • 4. Marsa Alam: 10.4 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 1 mm · 98
  • 5. Sharm el-Sheikh: 10.2 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 4 mm · 96
  • 6. Cape Verde (Sal): 9.3 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 1 mm · 93
  • 7. Cape Town: 9.4 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 13 mm · 92
  • 8. Dubai: 9.3 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 22 mm · 91
  • 9. Aruba: 9.1 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 10 mm · 91
  • 10. Oman (Muscat): 9.5 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 12 mm · 89
  • 11. Abu Dhabi: 8.6 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 13 mm · 89
  • 12. Agadir: 10.2 h Sun/day, 23 °C, 31 mm · 87
  • 13. Barbados: 8.7 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 38 mm · 87
  • 14. Cuba (Havana): 8.3 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 23 mm · 87
  • 15. Cairo: 9.0 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 6 mm · 86
  • 16. Cancún: 8.5 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 38 mm · 86
  • 17. Goa: 9.8 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 0 mm · 85
  • 18. Doha: 7.4 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 4 mm · 85
  • 19. Punta Cana (Dominican Republic): 8.3 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 50 mm · 84
  • 20. Jamaica: 8.7 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 59 mm · 83
  • 21. Miami (Florida): 8.3 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 63 mm · 83
  • 22. Maldives: 9.3 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 49 mm · 82
  • 23. Tenerife: 8.3 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 13 mm · 82
  • 24. Lanzarote: 8.3 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 11 mm · 82
  • 25. Las Vegas: 9.9 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 11 mm · 81
  • 26. Marrakech: 8.2 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 35 mm · 80
  • 27. Hawaii (Honolulu): 7.6 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 60 mm · 80
  • 28. Orlando (Florida): 7.8 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 77 mm · 79
  • 29. Koh Samui: 8.1 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 114 mm · 77
  • 30. Buenos Aires: 7.6 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 112 mm · 75
  • 31. Gran Canaria: 7.6 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 12 mm · 74
  • 32. Fuerteventura: 7.5 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 10 mm · 74
  • 33. Sri Lanka (Colombo): 8.8 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 103 mm · 73
  • 34. Mombasa (Kenya): 8.2 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 62 mm · 72
  • 35. Tel Aviv: 8.5 h Sun/day, 21 °C, 37 mm · 71
  • 36. Sydney: 6.8 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 118 mm · 71
  • 37. Djerba: 8.5 h Sun/day, 21 °C, 25 mm · 70
  • 38. Seville: 7.9 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 47 mm · 69
  • 39. Auckland (New Zealand): 7.1 h Sun/day, 23 °C, 75 mm · 68
  • 40. Mauritius: 6.8 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 243 mm · 68
  • Holiday score 0–100: 45 % sunshine hours, 40 % warmth (best at 25–30 °C), 15 % little rain.
  • Averages 1991–2020, source: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CLIMAT station data, CC BY 4.0) and NASA POWER; single years differ.

Questions

  • Where is it sunniest in March? Among 108 popular destinations, Luxor is best in March: 10.9 hours of sunshine a day on average. For comparison, London gets 4.0 hours.
  • Where is it warm in March? 38 of the destinations average more than 24 °C by day in March. The '24 °C and up only' filter shows just those.
  • Where do the numbers come from? Temperature, rain and, where available, sunshine are 1991–2020 averages of weather stations, published by Germany's weather service DWD. Where no station nearby measures, we use NASA satellite data (POWER) and say so on the destination's page.