Climate averages 1991–2020
Montpellier 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 Montpellier: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Nîmes (46 km away). In March its highs average 15.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Montpellier, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Montpellier ranks joint 8th of 57 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Montpellier is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 60 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
Montpellier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 71 | 8.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 42 | 5.8 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 14.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 46 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 60 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 6.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 25 | 3.8 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 96 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 114 | 10.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 108 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 9.1 | 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
- Nîmes in MarchFrance · 46 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Béziers in MarchFrance · 61 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Avignon in MarchFrance · 84 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in MarchFrance · 122 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Marseille in MarchFrance · 126 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in MarchFrance · 127 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Perpignan in MarchFrance · 129 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Toulon in MarchFrance · 174 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 43 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 Montpellier) is explained once on the Montpellier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.