Mâcon Weather in March
Mâcon in March
The short of it: Mâcon in March averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 47 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 11 h 46 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 4° · rain 47 mm · daylight 11 h 46 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Mâcon an average March high of 14°, a low of 4° and some 47 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against February, to near 14°; nights run about 4°. It is the driest month of the year, only 47 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 11 h 46 min in mid-March, 90 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Mâcon runs about middling and wetter than most in March. Bourg-en-Bresse, 33 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
March in Mâcon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 6° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-en-BresseAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 33 km ESE | 13° | 4° | 59 mm |
| Villefranche-sur-SaôneAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 37 km SSW | 14° | 4° | 44 mm |
| GleizéAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 38 km SSW | 14° | 4° | 44 mm |
| Saint-VallierBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 50 km NW | 13° | 3° | 45 mm |
| Chalon-sur-SaôneBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 52 km N | 13° | 4° | 46 mm |
| Saint-LeuBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 53 km NNW | 12° | 3° | 46 mm |
| Montceau-les-MinesBourgogne-Franche-Comté | 53 km NW | 13° | 3° | 44 mm |
| MiribelAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 55 km S | 14° | 4° | 48 mm |