Climate averages 1991–2020
Metz weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Metz: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd 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 Nancy (48 km away). In March its highs average 10.6°C, about as warm as Metz, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Metz ranks 55th 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; Metz is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 55 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
Metz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 67 | 12.2 | 8.79 h |
| February | 6.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 58 | 10.8 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 10.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 60 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 55 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 70 | 12.2 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 64 | 10.9 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 60 | 10.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 64 | 11.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 68 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 69 | 11.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 12.7 | 9.29 h |
| December | 5.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 84 | 14.0 | 8.38 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
- Nancy in MarchFrance · 48 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Luxembourg in MarchLuxembourg · 55 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Saarbrücken in MarchGermany · 62 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Trier in MarchGermany · 78 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Kaiserslautern in MarchGermany · 121 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Strasbourg in MarchFrance · 130 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Reims in MarchFrance · 157 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Karlsruhe in MarchGermany · 163 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 68 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 Metz) is explained once on the Metz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.