Climate averages 1991–2020
Geneva weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Geneva: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lausanne (51 km away). In March its highs average 9.5°C, 1.3°C cooler than Geneva, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Geneva ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 9.8°C; Geneva is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 109 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
Geneva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 115 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 100 | 11.0 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 10.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 109 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 109 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 144 | 15.9 | 14.915 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 117 | 12.7 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 109 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 112 | 12.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 125 | 13.5 | 9.59 h |
| December | 5.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 131 | 13.4 | 8.79 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
- Lausanne in MarchSwitzerland · 51 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in MarchFrance · 109 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Lyon in MarchFrance · 112 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Besançon in MarchFrance · 117 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Grenoble in MarchFrance · 119 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Bern in MarchSwitzerland · 130 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Dijon in MarchFrance · 151 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in MarchFrance · 161 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 55 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 Geneva) is explained once on the Geneva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.