Average Precipitation for France in March

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during March at cities in France. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

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

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.

Southeastern France

Average monthly precipitation in March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
6 Ajaccio, Corsica 2.0 50
7 Bastia, Corsica 2.5 64
8 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 2.9 74
6 Cannes 2.4 60
8 Carcassonne 2.3 58
12 Chastreix 4.4 113
9 Grenoble 2.5 63
9 Lyon 2.1 54
10 Mont Aigoual 5.4 137
6 Montelimar 1.9 49
5 Montpellier 1.6 42
5 Nice 2.0 51
5 Perpignan 2.0 52
5 Toulon 1.5 39

Southwestern France

March averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Biarritz 4.0 103
63 Bordeaux 2.5 63
11 Pau 3.4 86
10 Tarbes 3.3 84
8 Toulouse  1.7 44

Central France

Average amount of rain and snow in March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
7 Clermont-Ferrand 1.0 26
9 Dijon 1.9 48
10 La Rochelle 2.3 57
11 Limoges 3.1 78
9 Orléans1.7 44
10 Paris 1.8 45
9 Poitiers 1.9 49
9 Tours 1.9 49

Northeastern France

Precipitation totals for March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Besançon 3.3 85
9 Calais 1.6 40
8 Colmar 1.2 32
10 Lille 2.1 52
10 Metz 2.0 51
9 Nancy 2.1 54
9 Strasbourg 1.5 39
10 Troyes 1.8 46
9 Angers 2.0 50

Northwestern France

Total precipitation during March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
13 Brest 3.2 82
10 Caen 2.0 50
9 Le Mans 2.1 52
11 Lorient 2.6 66
9 Nantes 2.3 58
9 Rennes 1.9 49
11 Rouen 2.4 62
11 Saint-Brieuc 2.1 53
Reference

Météo France. Climatologie. Normales et records. Données publiques. Fiche climatologique.

France Precipitation
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