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Gordes in March

Cool and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Gordes is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 36°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 26 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Gordes is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 26 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
36°F2°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 23% of days
Daylight
11h 51mon average

Is March a good time to visit Gordes?

March sits outside Gordes's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September to October. Expect cool days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 58°F in March, against 51°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in March, against 11°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

23% of days in March, against 12% to 33% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in March, against 27% to 53% through the year.

Daylight

11h 51m in March, against 8h 57m to 15h 25m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February52°11°low 33°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March58°14°low 36°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April65°18°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Gordes sits, in March

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:54 AMsets 6:44 PM
Above the sea
330 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Provence (Aix-en-Provence)47 km south-east

The land around Gordes, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in France in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Gordes

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gordes. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (330 m) against the climate model's (262 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (330 m) against the climate model's (262 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.