Climate averages 1991–2020
Reims weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Reims: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 2.8°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 joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marne La Vallée (112 km away). In March its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Reims, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Reims ranks joint 44th 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; Reims is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 54 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
Reims climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 60 | 12.0 | 8.79 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 55 | 10.6 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 11.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 55 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 67 | 11.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 57 | 9.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 10.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 20.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 63 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | 6.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 78 | 13.2 | 8.38 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
- Marne La Vallée in MarchFrance · 112 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Aulnay-sous-Bois in MarchFrance · 117 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Créteil in MarchFrance · 125 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Paris 20 Ménilmontant in MarchFrance · 127 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Paris in MarchFrance · 131 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Charleroi in MarchBelgium · 131 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in MarchFrance · 131 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Mons in MarchBelgium · 132 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 58 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 Reims) is explained once on the Reims year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.