Climate averages 1991–2020
Clermont-Ferrand weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Clermont-Ferrand: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd 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 Saint-Étienne (108 km away). In March its highs average 11.1°C, about as warm as Clermont-Ferrand, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Clermont-Ferrand ranks joint 40th of 57 for the warmest March highs and joint 36th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Clermont-Ferrand is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 83 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
Clermont-Ferrand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 62 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 11.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 83 | 13.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 99 | 14.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 84 | 12.5 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 88 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 88 | 11.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 83 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 76 | 13.0 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 62 | 12.3 | 8.79 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
- Saint-Étienne in MarchFrance · 108 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Lyon in MarchFrance · 137 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in MarchFrance · 139 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Limoges in MarchFrance · 143 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Grenoble in MarchFrance · 216 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Dijon in MarchFrance · 225 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Poitiers in MarchFrance · 229 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Nîmes in MarchFrance · 238 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 46 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 Clermont-Ferrand) is explained once on the Clermont-Ferrand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.