Hong Kong · Hong Kong
March
Hong Kong Arts Festival month — grey skies, but the city's cultural calendar peaks.
Strong option
#6 of 12 months
There are better months for Hong Kong — see the full ranking below.
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High
21°C
Low
17°C
Rain
58mm
Sun
3.8hrs/day
30-year climate normals · Open Meteo ERA5
How March scores in Hong Kong
Weather
Good
Value
Good
Crowds
Above average
Events
Very good
Atmosphere
Very good
What you gain in March
- ↑The Hong Kong Arts Festival (February–March) is one of Asia's most serious performing arts programmes: international orchestras, dance companies, and theatre productions at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and City Hall. The scale and quality rival Edinburgh and Vienna. In 2024 the festival brought over 140 performances across 30 venues.
- ↑Comfortable temperatures for city exploration: 21°C is ideal for Kowloon street markets, the Kennedy Town waterfront, and the Blue House heritage district in Wan Chai. March is when Hong Kong feels most walkable.
What you sacrifice
- ↓March is consistently one of Hong Kong's greyest months: the mist that descends from the South China Sea creates hazy, low-visibility conditions that erase the harbour views the city is famous for. Victoria Peak in March is often just a grey cloud from below.
- ↓Humidity begins climbing toward the summer levels — the sticky air that makes summer so uncomfortable starts asserting itself from mid-March onwards.
How March compares to October (best month)
| Factor | March | October ★ |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | 6 | 9 |
| Value | 6 | 5 |
| Crowds | 5 | 4 |
March in other destinations
Lisbon (16.6°C)Barcelona (15.8°C)Tokyo (13.8°C)Bali (30.8°C)Santorini (14.6°C)Paris (11.5°C)New York (9.7°C)Marrakech (22.3°C)Amsterdam (9.2°C)Maldives (30.8°C)Rome (15°C)Bangkok (34.3°C)Istanbul (11.6°C)Vienna (10.3°C)Seoul (9.6°C)Dubrovnik (13.9°C)Rio de Janeiro (29.7°C)Kyoto (14.3°C)Phuket (33°C)Cape Town (25.4°C)Prague (10°C)Amalfi Coast (15°C)Mexico City (26°C)Medellín (28°C)Fiji (30°C)London (12°C)Sydney (25°C)Iceland (4°C)Tulum (30°C)Dubai (29°C)Singapore (32°C)Hoi An (28°C)Chiang Mai (34.5°C)Miami (26.7°C)Florence (14.8°C)Queenstown (19.5°C)Madrid (15°C)Porto (17°C)Edinburgh (9°C)Copenhagen (7°C)Budapest (11°C)Kraków (9°C)Tbilisi (13°C)Palawan (31°C)Hanoi (22°C)Osaka (14°C)Goa (34°C)Cusco (19°C)Buenos Aires (27°C)Mykonos (15°C)Zanzibar (32°C)Sri Lanka (32°C)Costa Rica (27°C)Cancun (30°C)Krabi (34°C)Athens (16°C)Seville (21°C)Cartagena (32°C)Siem Reap (33°C)Havana (28°C)Split (14°C)Taipei (22°C)Kuala Lumpur (33°C)Valletta (17°C)Ho Chi Minh City (35°C)Hawaii (27°C)Cappadocia (11°C)Dominican Republic (29°C)Jamaica (30°C)Tanzania (27°C)Seychelles (30°C)Nepal (24°C)Jordan (17°C)Azores (18°C)Bora Bora (30°C)Los Angeles (21.5°C)Cairo (25.1°C)Kenya (28.5°C)Jaipur (30.8°C)Las Vegas (22.5°C)San Francisco (15.1°C)Madeira (20.5°C)Vancouver (10.5°C)Muscat (31.5°C)Lima (26.4°C)Cinque Terre (14°C)Kotor (14°C)Tel Aviv (21°C)Santiago (27°C)Bogotá (18°C)Bruges (10.1°C)Penang (33.1°C)Lombok (31.4°C)Cape Verde (26.5°C)Fez (19.5°C)Kerala (33°C)Kigali (26°C)Oslo (5°C)Auckland (22°C)
Climate data: 30-year normals (1991–2020) from Open Meteo ERA5 reanalysis. Scores compare months within Hong Kong, not across destinations. Methodology →