Climate averages 1991–2020
Bordeaux weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Bordeaux: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Rochelle (154 km away). In March its highs average 12.8°C, 1.9°C cooler than Bordeaux, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Bordeaux ranks joint 4th of 57 for the warmest March highs and joint 28th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Bordeaux is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 69 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
Bordeaux climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 71 | 10.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | 11.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 50 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 14.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 53 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 69 | 11.9 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 75 | 11.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 64 | 9.5 | 15.516 h |
| July | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 48 | 7.9 | 15.215 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 57 | 8.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 67 | 10.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 79 | 11.6 | 9.610 h |
| December | 10.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 73 | 11.4 | 8.99 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
- La Rochelle in MarchFrance · 154 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Pau in MarchFrance · 171 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 107 mm rain
- Limoges in MarchFrance · 181 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in MarchSpain · 203 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Poitiers in MarchFrance · 206 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Toulouse in MarchFrance · 212 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Pamplona in MarchSpain · 241 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Bilbao in MarchSpain · 257 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 98 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 Bordeaux) is explained once on the Bordeaux year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.