Climate averages 1991–2020
La Rochelle weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 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 La Rochelle: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 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 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (121 km away). In March its highs average 12.5°C, about as warm as La Rochelle, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, La Rochelle ranks joint 17th 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; La Rochelle is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 57 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
La Rochelle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 77 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | 10.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 54 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 57 | 9.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 57 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 8.4 | 15.716 h |
| July | 23.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 36 | 7.1 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 42 | 7.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 87 | 12.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 92 | 12.8 | 9.59 h |
| December | 9.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 87 | 12.8 | 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
- Nantes in MarchFrance · 121 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Poitiers in MarchFrance · 124 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Angers in MarchFrance · 152 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Bordeaux in MarchFrance · 154 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Limoges in MarchFrance · 189 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Tours in MarchFrance · 197 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Rennes in MarchFrance · 220 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Le Mans in MarchFrance · 229 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 52 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 La Rochelle) is explained once on the La Rochelle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.