Avignon Weather in March
Avignon in March
The short of it: Avignon in March averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 11 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 6° · rain 40 mm · daylight 11 h 48 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & May
Thirty years of records give Avignon an average March high of 17°, a low of 6° and some 40 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against February, to near 17°; nights run about 6°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 48 min in mid-March, 83 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Avignon runs about middling and wetter than most in March. Le Pontet, 4 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
March in Avignon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le PontetProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 4 km ENE | 17° | 6° | 39 mm |
| SorguesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 9 km NE | 17° | 6° | 39 mm |
| L'Isle-sur-la-SorgueProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km E | 17° | 5° | 39 mm |
| TarasconProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km SW | 17° | 7° | 40 mm |
| BeaucaireOccitanie | 20 km SW | 17° | 7° | 40 mm |
| OrangeProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 21 km N | 17° | 6° | 41 mm |
| CavaillonProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 22 km SE | 17° | 6° | 38 mm |
| CarpentrasProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 23 km ENE | 17° | 5° | 41 mm |