Valence Weather in March
Valence in March
The short of it: Valence in March averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 11 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 5° · rain 50 mm · daylight 11 h 47 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & February
Thirty years of records give Valence an average March high of 15°, a low of 5° and some 50 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against February, to near 15°; nights run about 5°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 47 min in mid-March, 86 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 February.
Against its neighbours, Valence runs warmer than most and wetter than most in March. Bourg-lès-Valence, 3 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
March in Valence, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-lès-ValenceAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 3 km NNW | 15° | 5° | 50 mm |
| Guilherand-GrangesAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 3 km WNW | 15° | 5° | 49 mm |
| Portes-lès-ValenceAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 6 km SSW | 15° | 5° | 49 mm |
| Bourg-de-PéageAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 16 km NE | 15° | 4° | 52 mm |
| Tournon-sur-RhôneAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 17 km NNW | 14° | 4° | 49 mm |
| Livron-sur-DrômeAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 17 km SSW | 15° | 5° | 49 mm |
| Romans-sur-IsèreAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 18 km NE | 15° | 4° | 52 mm |
| CrestAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 24 km SSE | 15° | 4° | 51 mm |