Climate averages 1991–2020
Pau weather
in March.
A cool, 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 Pau: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a 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 Pamplona (118 km away). In March its highs average 12.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Pau, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Pau ranks 15th of 57 for the warmest March highs and 56th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Pau is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 107 mm to 145 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
Pau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 10.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 98 | 12.4 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 13.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 107 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 145 | 16.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 159 | 16.3 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 128 | 14.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 105 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 104 | 12.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 98 | 11.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 123 | 13.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 138 | 14.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 10.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 108 | 13.2 | 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
- Pamplona in MarchSpain · 118 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in MarchSpain · 131 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Toulouse in MarchFrance · 149 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Bordeaux in MarchFrance · 171 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in MarchAndorra · 177 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Zaragoza in MarchSpain · 189 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Logroño in MarchSpain · 195 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in MarchSpain · 195 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 71 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 Pau) is explained once on the Pau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.