Climate averages 1991–2020
Limoges weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th 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 Limoges: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 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 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Poitiers (109 km away). In March its highs average 12.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Limoges, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Limoges ranks joint 28th of 57 for the warmest March highs and 54th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Limoges is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 96 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
Limoges climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 93 | 13.4 | 9.19 h |
| February | 8.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 74 | 10.9 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 11.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 80 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 96 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 97 | 14.0 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 11.2 | 15.716 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 65 | 10.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 73 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 78 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 | 12.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 103 | 13.7 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 101 | 13.5 | 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
- Poitiers in MarchFrance · 109 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in MarchFrance · 143 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Tours in MarchFrance · 178 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Bordeaux in MarchFrance · 181 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 53 mm rain
- La Rochelle in MarchFrance · 189 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Angers in MarchFrance · 228 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Orléans, France in MarchFrance · 235 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in MarchFrance · 248 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 55 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 Limoges) is explained once on the Limoges year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.