🇨🇭 Weather in Lugano in March
This is what the weather in Lugano (Ticino, Switzerland) was like in March in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
10.1 °C
6.9 °C – 12.6 °C
Avg. night-time low
2.0 °C
-0.1 °C – 3.7 °C
Avg. rain days in period
10.4
34 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
88.4 mm
11.7 mm – 239 mm
Avg. cloud cover
70 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
No sea nearby – no sea temperature.
Extremes: Highest temperature 18.7 °C (30 Mar 2021) · Lowest temperature -7.7 °C (1 Mar 2018) · Avg. daily peak wind 12 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 19Sunny
- 118Partly cloudy
- 69Cloudy
- 59Light rain
- 45Rain
Summary
- On average 10.1 °C during the day and 2.0 °C at night.
- On average 10.4 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 88.4 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2017 (avg. 12.6 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 6.9 °C).
- Wettest year: 2024 (239 mm), driest: 2022 (11.7 mm).
- Extremes: 18.7 °C on 30 Mar 2021 and -7.7 °C on 1 Mar 2018.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max9.9°Avg. min2.2°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 95.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 66 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 13.3 °C · Min -2.0 °C
2025
Avg. max10.1°Avg. min2.7°- Rain days
- 14 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 122 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 70 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 15.5 °C · Min -1.4 °C
2024
Avg. max10.2°Avg. min3.2°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 239 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 84 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 17.1 °C · Min -1.4 °C
2023
Avg. max11.6°Avg. min3.1°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 53.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 75 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 15.7 °C · Min -1.2 °C
2022
Avg. max9.4°Avg. min1.8°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 11.7 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 57 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 15.8 °C · Min -2.9 °C
2021
Avg. max9.5°Avg. min0.8°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 18.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 64 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.7 °C · Min -5.0 °C
2020
Avg. max9.1°Avg. min0.9°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 81.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 67 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 16.6 °C · Min -5.3 °C
2019
Avg. max11.7°Avg. min2.1°- Rain days
- 7 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 50.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 63 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.1 °C · Min -2.7 °C
2018
Avg. max6.9°Avg. min-0.1°- Rain days
- 14 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 123 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 82 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 11.9 °C · Min -7.7 °C
2017
Avg. max12.6°Avg. min3.7°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 90.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 69 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.3 °C · Min -3.0 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Lugano in March?
- Daytime highs averaged 10.1 °C, night-time lows 2.0 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 18.7 °C (30 Mar 2021), the lowest -7.7 °C (1 Mar 2018).
- How often does it rain in Lugano in March?
- On average there were 10.4 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 88.4 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)