Climate averages 1991–2020
Perpignan weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Perpignan: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Béziers (76 km away). In March its highs average 14.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Perpignan, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Perpignan ranks 3rd of 57 for the warmest March highs and joint 10th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Perpignan is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 62 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
Perpignan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 58 | 6.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 12.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 43 | 5.2 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 50 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 62 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 6.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 26 | 4.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 30 | 4.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 55 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 87 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 56 | 6.2 | 9.19 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
- Béziers in MarchFrance · 76 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Girona in MarchSpain · 80 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in MarchAndorra · 114 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Montpellier in MarchFrance · 129 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Mataró in MarchSpain · 134 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Manresa in MarchSpain · 139 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Sabadell in MarchSpain · 144 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Terrassa in MarchSpain · 145 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.1°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 Perpignan) is explained once on the Perpignan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.