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Paris in March

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Paris is cool: highs near 56°F, lows near 38°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 42 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Paris is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 42 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
56°F13°Caverage
Low
38°F3°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
11h 48mon average

Is March a good time to visit Paris?

March sits outside Paris's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cool days and rain on about three 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 56°F in March, against 48°F to 79°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in March, against 9°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in March, against 29% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in March, against 45% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

11h 48m in March, against 8h 19m to 16h 06m 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. February50°10°low 35°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March56°13°low 38°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April62°17°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Paris sits, in March

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:06 AMsets 6:54 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
48.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Commes229 km west

The land around Paris, 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 Paris

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Paris. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.