Things to Do in Baltimore in March
March weather, activities, events & insider tips
March Weather in Baltimore
Temperature, rainfall and humidity at a glance
Is March Right for You?
Weigh the advantages and considerations before booking
- + March in Baltimore means you can finally inhale at the Inner Harbor, summer's sticky chokehold hasn't arrived, and the Chesapeake Bay breeze swaps rotting seaweed for the righteous sting of Old Bay.
- + Orioles spring training at Ed Smith Stadium delivers baseball without the Camden Yards crush, locals show up clutching Faidley's crab cakes and Natty Boh that costs less than stadium water.
- + Restaurant Week (mid-March) turns Baltimore's dining scene into a prix-fixe playground: Lexington Market's 130-year-old stalls ladle Maryland crab soup while Woodberry Kitchen chefs plate three-course seductions.
- + The National Aquarium stays hush-quiet on weekday mornings, puffins chatter and jellyfish pulse while you skip the selfie-stick gauntlet.
- − Weather whiplash is real, pack shorts and a parka. The mercury can leap from 27°C (81°F) to, 1°C (30°F) in the same seven-day spin.
- − Spring-break battalions hit the Inner Harbor the third week of March, turning peaceful morning walks into stroller gridlock around the USS Constellation.
- − That 'balmy' 18°C (64°F) day lies, harbor wind slices through every layer, so locals dress ten degrees colder than the forecast.
Best Activities in March
Top things to do during your visit
March serves glass-calm bay waters and razor-sharp light for shooting the seven screw-pile lighthouses, Thomas Point Shoal Light seems to levitate when morning fog rolls in. Captain Mike's boats cap at 12 passengers instead of summer's 40, so stories reach your ears instead of the rail.
Baltimore's Irish soul sings louder in March, cobblestones between Thames and Bond still carry shipbuilders' shanties minus summer's beer-soaked mayhem. Max's Taphouse pulls 1,200 beers including the city's own Guinness-style dry stout, and the 200-year-old Wharf Rat smells of oak beams, not spilled lager.
March evenings let you face Matisse's 'Pianist' without an elbow in your ribs, the BMA stays open until 9 pm Thursdays, and locals treat it like an extension of their living room. Winter lighting makes the Cone Collection's Renoirs glow, while the sculpture garden's bronze dancers throw long shadows in the low March sun.
March turns the valley into a green cathedral, Virginia bluebells carpet hillsides by month's end and the Patapsco swells with spring snowmelt. The 8 km (5-mile) Cascade Falls trail stays muddy but passable, and you'll own the 300-year-old Bloede's Dam ruins before summer crowds clock in.
March lets you taste the food, not your own sweat, the 227-year-old market hall stays cool enough that Berger cookies stay intact. Snag Faidley's hand-formed crab cake (since 1886) while vendors recount survival after the Great Fire, then chase it with Polock Johnny's half-smoke, a DC-Ben's rival that wins.
March Events & Festivals
What's happening during your visit
Irish marching bands ricochet off downtown brick as the parade winds from Washington Monument to Market Place, running since 1856, it predates Boston's. Families claim Charles Street curb space by 9 am with Irish-coffee thermoses. The hurling demo at the monument is worth the early rise.
The festival doesn't kick off until May. But March screens selections free at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway, watch indie films from 1915 vaudeville seats while popcorn ghosts linger. Q&As with Baltimore filmmakers develop in the lobby that still smells of old showbiz.
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