Climate averages 1991–2020
Angers weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Angers: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (81 km away). In March its highs average 12.5°C, about as warm as Angers, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Angers ranks 23rd of 57 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Angers is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Angers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 62 | 11.2 | 8.99 h |
| February | 9.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 50 | 9.5 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 12.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 49 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 54 | 10.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 62 | 10.8 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 44 | 8.5 | 15.916 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 40 | 7.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 46 | 7.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 10.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 62 | 11.4 | 9.49 h |
| December | 8.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 70 | 11.4 | 8.59 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Nantes in MarchFrance · 81 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Le Mans in MarchFrance · 82 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Tours in MarchFrance · 95 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Rennes in MarchFrance · 110 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Poitiers in MarchFrance · 120 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 55 mm rain
- La Rochelle in MarchFrance · 152 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Orléans, France in MarchFrance · 190 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Caen in MarchFrance · 191 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 54 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Angers) is explained once on the Angers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.