Climate averages 1991–2020
Grenoble weather
in March.
A cool, 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 Grenoble: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a 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 Villeurbanne (92 km away). In March its highs average 12.6°C, about as warm as Grenoble, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Grenoble ranks joint 17th of 57 for the warmest March highs and 57th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Grenoble is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 120 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
Grenoble climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 119 | 13.1 | 9.29 h |
| February | 8.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 102 | 11.3 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 12.8°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 109 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 120 | 14.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 147 | 16.8 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 127 | 15.3 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 113 | 12.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 107 | 12.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 111 | 11.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 118 | 12.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 141 | 13.5 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 133 | 13.4 | 8.89 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
- Villeurbanne in MarchFrance · 92 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Lyon in MarchFrance · 93 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in MarchFrance · 107 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Geneva in MarchSwitzerland · 119 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Avignon in MarchFrance · 154 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Turin in MarchItaly · 155 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Lausanne in MarchSwitzerland · 165 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Nîmes in MarchFrance · 184 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 Grenoble) is explained once on the Grenoble year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.