Climate averages 1991–2020
Caen 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 Caen: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Le Havre (48 km away). In March its highs average 10.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Caen, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Caen ranks 35th of 57 for the warmest March highs and joint 31st of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Caen is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 56 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
Caen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 59 | 11.5 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 11.2 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 11.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 54 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 56 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 58 | 11.4 | 15.315 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 10.5 | 16.216 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 55 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 60 | 10.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 53 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 12.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 66 | 12.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 8.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 74 | 13.3 | 8.38 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
- Le Havre in MarchFrance · 48 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Rouen in MarchFrance · 110 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Saint Helier in MarchJersey · 127 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Le Mans in MarchFrance · 138 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Rennes in MarchFrance · 154 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in MarchFrance · 178 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in MarchFrance · 180 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Worthing in MarchUnited Kingdom · 181 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 49 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 Caen) is explained once on the Caen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.