Climate averages 1991–2020
Nantes 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 Nantes: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Angers (81 km away). In March its highs average 12.4°C, about as warm as Nantes, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Nantes ranks 22nd of 57 for the warmest March highs and joint 28th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Nantes is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 57 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
Nantes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 11.2 | 9.09 h |
| February | 9.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 56 | 9.7 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 12.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 53 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 57 | 10.4 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 61 | 10.6 | 15.115 h |
| June | 21.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 46 | 8.4 | 15.916 h |
| July | 23.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 39 | 7.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 47 | 7.3 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 49 | 7.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 73 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 12.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 70 | 11.3 | 9.49 h |
| December | 9.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 79 | 11.4 | 8.69 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
- Angers in MarchFrance · 81 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Rennes in MarchFrance · 100 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 52 mm rain
- La Rochelle in MarchFrance · 121 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Le Mans in MarchFrance · 158 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Poitiers in MarchFrance · 160 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Tours in MarchFrance · 171 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Saint Helier in MarchJersey · 223 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Caen in MarchFrance · 236 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.5°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 Nantes) is explained once on the Nantes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.