Climate averages 1991–2020
Lyon 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 Lyon: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Villeurbanne (3 km away). In March its highs average 12.6°C, about as warm as Lyon, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Lyon ranks 16th of 57 for the warmest March highs and joint 42nd of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Lyon is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 81 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
Lyon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 69 | 12.6 | 9.19 h |
| February | 8.8°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 56 | 10.2 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 12.9°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 60 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 81 | 11.8 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 90 | 12.5 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 11.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 78 | 10.0 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 77 | 9.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 93 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.2°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 99 | 11.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 100 | 12.4 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.7°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 74 | 12.3 | 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 · 3 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in MarchFrance · 50 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Grenoble in MarchFrance · 93 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Geneva in MarchSwitzerland · 112 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in MarchFrance · 137 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Lausanne in MarchSwitzerland · 162 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Dijon in MarchFrance · 174 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Besançon in MarchFrance · 189 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 95 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 Lyon) is explained once on the Lyon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.