Average temperature in March is -16.4 °C
Average daytime temperature is -13.7 °C
Average night temperature is -19.3 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: -3.2 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -25.5 °C
Number of sunny days: 14
Number of rainy days: 1
Number of snow days: 16
Precipitation sum: 17 mm
* Weather data for Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| March (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | -4.8 | -3.2 | -6.1 | -13.6 | -18.5 | -17.1 | -17.1 | -13.3 | -15.6 | -14.4 | -11 | -11 | -11.8 | -16.7 | -18.9 | -19.6 | -14.5 | -11.4 | -17.4 | -17.5 | -18.9 | -14.5 | -17.5 | -16.6 | -16.8 | -13.8 | -13.3 | -14.4 | -12.7 | -8.3 | -5.5 |
| Apparent max temperature | -8.9 | -6.5 | -10.8 | -20 | -22.7 | -21.9 | -21.7 | -19.2 | -20.5 | -20.4 | -15.4 | -15.5 | -18 | -21.5 | -23.4 | -24.1 | -19.1 | -15.1 | -21.6 | -23.3 | -23.6 | -20.4 | -22.1 | -20.9 | -21.4 | -17.6 | -17.6 | -18.5 | -17.3 | -12.8 | -9.1 |
| Mean temperature | -9.6 | -4.5 | -14.1 | -17.6 | -21 | -17.8 | -20.8 | -16.5 | -22 | -16.7 | -13.3 | -13.9 | -15.1 | -18.5 | -19.9 | -20.8 | -16.6 | -13.8 | -20 | -19.9 | -21.1 | -17.6 | -18.6 | -18.4 | -17.5 | -16.5 | -15 | -15.9 | -15.8 | -10.2 | -8.5 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -22.4 | -11.5 | -25.4 | -26.4 | -31.2 | -23.3 | -28.6 | -29.5 | -31 | -27.7 | -21.8 | -21.3 | -25 | -26.4 | -26.4 | -27 | -25.7 | -21.2 | -27.2 | -29.9 | -29.2 | -24 | -25.7 | -23.6 | -22.9 | -23.4 | -22.2 | -21.5 | -21.8 | -17 | -17.7 |
| Minimum temperature | -17.6 | -6.9 | -19.6 | -20.8 | -25.5 | -18.5 | -23.1 | -23.5 | -25.1 | -21.7 | -16.6 | -15.9 | -19.2 | -20.8 | -21.6 | -22.1 | -20.8 | -16.6 | -21.5 | -24.6 | -24.1 | -19.6 | -20.5 | -19.1 | -18.2 | -18.7 | -16.8 | -17.5 | -17 | -12.3 | -13.3 |
| Apparent min temperature | -14.1 | -8.2 | -19.7 | -23.6 | -26 | -22.5 | -25.9 | -22.6 | -28 | -22.5 | -18.2 | -19 | -21.1 | -23.5 | -24.6 | -25.6 | -21.3 | -18.2 | -25.1 | -25.4 | -26 | -22.4 | -23.2 | -22.9 | -22.1 | -20.9 | -19.8 | -20 | -20.3 | -14.5 | -12.8 |
| March | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 14 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15 | 15.3 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 1 | 5 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 9.5 | 0.2 | 10 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 6.7 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0.3 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Precipitation hours | 3 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 10.2 | 10.5 | 14.2 | 19.1 | 12.3 | 8.1 | 15.3 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 17.4 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 19 | 12.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 15.3 | 14.5 | 9.8 | 15.2 | 8.5 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 12.6 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 |
In March 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Longyearbyen was -3.2°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -25.5°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during March in Longyearbyen are -19.3°C and -13.7°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in March is about 17 mm.