Tours Weather in March
Tours in March
The short of it: Tours in March averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 48 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 11 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 5° · rain 48 mm · daylight 11 h 45 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Tours an average March high of 14°, a low of 5° and some 48 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from February to about 14°, with nights near 5°. Rain is modest, about 48 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 45 min in mid-March, 94 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Tours runs about middling and wetter than most in March. La Riche, 3 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
March in Tours, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La RicheCentre-Val de Loire | 3 km WSW | 14° | 5° | 48 mm |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-LoireCentre-Val de Loire | 3 km WNW | 14° | 5° | 48 mm |
| Saint-Pierre-des-CorpsCentre-Val de Loire | 3 km ESE | 14° | 5° | 48 mm |
| Saint-AvertinCentre-Val de Loire | 4 km SE | 14° | 4° | 48 mm |
| La Ville-aux-DamesCentre-Val de Loire | 5 km E | 14° | 4° | 47 mm |
| Joué-lès-ToursCentre-Val de Loire | 6 km SSW | 13° | 4° | 48 mm |
| Chambray-lès-ToursCentre-Val de Loire | 7 km S | 14° | 4° | 48 mm |
| FondettesCentre-Val de Loire | 8 km W | 13° | 4° | 48 mm |