Climate averages 1991–2020
Orléans, France weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Orléans, France: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (97 km away). In March its highs average 11.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Orléans, France, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Orléans, France ranks joint 26th of 57 for the warmest March highs and joint 21st of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Orléans, France is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 51 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
Orléans, France climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 57 | 11.8 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 50 | 10.1 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 51 | 10.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 51 | 8.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 64 | 11.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 7.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 69 | 12.8 | 8.58 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
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in MarchFrance · 97 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Versailles in MarchFrance · 102 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Tours in MarchFrance · 106 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Boulogne-Billancourt in MarchFrance · 107 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Créteil in MarchFrance · 107 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Paris 15 Vaugirard in MarchFrance · 108 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in MarchFrance · 109 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Paris in MarchFrance · 111 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 50 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 Orléans) is explained once on the Orléans, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.