Average Sunshine in France for March

The tables below give March averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout France.

There's a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.

For most places the total number of hours in the month with sunshine is an average of data collected from 1991 to 2020, while the rest are averages of 1991 to 2010. The numbers of days with strong and weak sunshine are based on measurements made from 1991 to 2000.

Southeastern France

Total March sunshine

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
211	Ajaccio (Corsica)	13	6
196	Bastia (Corsica)	9	6
170	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	1	8
217	Cannes	–	–
174	Carcassonne	10	10
173	Grenoble	8	9
168	Lyon	8	10
239	Marseille	16	4
200	Montelimar	–	–
219	Montpellier	14	6
218	Nice	13	6
207	Perpignan	13	7
234	Toulon	14	4

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in March

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
163	Biarritz	8	9
170	Bordeaux	8	8
164	Pau	–	–
169	Tarbes	–	–
175	Toulouse	10	10

Central France

Average March sun

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
165	Clermont-Ferrand	7	11
160	Dijon	7	13
179	La Rochelle	7	9
158	Limoges	9	12
146	Orléans	5	13
135	Paris	4	15
158	Poitiers	7	11
149	Tours	5	12

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in March on average

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
153	Besançon	8	14
145	Colmar	6	13
127	Lille	4	15
126	Metz	5	15
140	Nancy	5	15
–	Reims	4	14
146	Strasbourg	6	14
148	Troyes	6	13

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in March

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
136	Angers	4	13
122	Brest	4	15
130	Caen	3	14
139	Le Mans	5	14
144	Lorient	4	13
147	Nantes	5	12
134	Rennes	4	14
119	Rouen	3	16
122	Saint-Brieuc	3	15