Paris Weather in March
Paris in March
The short of it: Paris in March averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 11 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 5° · rain 52 mm · daylight 11 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Paris an average March high of 13°, a low of 5° and some 52 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from February to about 13°, with nights near 5°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 44 min in mid-March, 99 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 September and June.
Against its neighbours, Paris runs warmer than most and wetter than most in March. Paris 05 Panthéon, 1 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
March in Paris, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris 05 PanthéonÎle-de-France | 1 km S | 13° | 5° | 52 mm |
| Paris 10 EntrepôtÎle-de-France | 2 km NNE | 13° | 5° | 52 mm |
| Paris 09 OpéraÎle-de-France | 2 km NNW | 13° | 5° | 52 mm |
| Paris 11 PopincourtÎle-de-France | 2 km E | 13° | 5° | 47 mm |
| Paris 11e ArrondissementÎle-de-France | 2 km ENE | 13° | 5° | 47 mm |
| Paris 13 GobelinsÎle-de-France | 2 km SSE | 13° | 5° | 45 mm |
| Paris 10e ArrondissementÎle-de-France | 3 km NNE | 13° | 5° | 47 mm |
| Paris 14 ObservatoireÎle-de-France | 3 km SW | 13° | 5° | 45 mm |