Climate averages 1991–2020
Marseille weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Marseille: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marseille 15 (9 km away). In March its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Marseille, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Marseille ranks 7th of 57 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Marseille is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 61 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
Marseille climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 63 | 7.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 6.6 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 14.7°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 42 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 61 | 7.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 45 | 5.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 24 | 3.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 10 | 1.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 65 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 88 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 106 | 10.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 70 | 8.5 | 9.09 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
- Marseille 15 in MarchFrance · 9 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in MarchFrance · 26 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Toulon in MarchFrance · 48 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Avignon in MarchFrance · 86 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Nîmes in MarchFrance · 102 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Montpellier in MarchFrance · 126 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Cannes in MarchFrance · 135 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Antibes in MarchFrance · 144 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 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 Marseille) is explained once on the Marseille year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.