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 |
Orléans | 1.7 |
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 |