Climate averages 1991–2020
Poitiers 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 Poitiers: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Tours (94 km away). In March its highs average 12.6°C, about as warm as Poitiers, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Poitiers ranks joint 19th of 57 for the warmest March highs and joint 36th of 57 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 57 cities is 12.4°C; Poitiers is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 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
Poitiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | 9.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 12.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 55 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 62 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 9.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 44 | 7.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 49 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 72 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| December | 8.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 11.3 | 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
- Tours in MarchFrance · 94 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Limoges in MarchFrance · 109 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Angers in MarchFrance · 120 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 49 mm rain
- La Rochelle in MarchFrance · 124 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
- Nantes in MarchFrance · 160 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Orléans, France in MarchFrance · 188 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Bordeaux in MarchFrance · 206 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 53 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 Poitiers) is explained once on the Poitiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.