Climate averages 1991–2020
Le Havre weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Le Havre: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Caen (48 km away). In March its highs average 11.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Le Havre, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Le Havre ranks joint 50th of 57 for the warmest March highs and joint 49th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Le Havre is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 59 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
Le Havre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 87 | 15.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 13.2 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 59 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 16.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 59 | 10.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 18.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 20.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 61 | 11.0 | 15.816 h |
| August | 21.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 73 | 11.8 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 104 | 14.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 111 | 16.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | 8.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 121 | 16.6 | 8.28 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
- Caen in MarchFrance · 48 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Rouen in MarchFrance · 72 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Eastbourne in MarchUnited Kingdom · 142 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Brighton in MarchUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Hove in MarchUnited Kingdom · 150 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 4.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Worthing in MarchUnited Kingdom · 151 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in MarchFrance · 152 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Hastings, United Kingdom in MarchUnited Kingdom · 155 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 48 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 Le Havre) is explained once on the Le Havre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.