Average Sunshine in France for March

The tables below give March averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout France.

There's a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.

For most places the total number of hours in the month with sunshine is an average of data collected from 1991 to 2020, while the rest are averages of 1991 to 2010. The numbers of days with strong and weak sunshine are based on measurements made from 1991 to 2000.

Southeastern France

Total March sunshine
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
211 Ajaccio (Corsica) 13 6
196 Bastia (Corsica) 9 6
170 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 1 8
217 Cannes
174 Carcassonne 10 10
173 Grenoble 8 9
168 Lyon 8 10
239 Marseille 16 4
200 Montelimar
219 Montpellier 14 6
218 Nice 13 6
207 Perpignan 13 7
234 Toulon 14 4

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in March
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
163 Biarritz 8 9
170 Bordeaux 8 8
164 Pau
169 Tarbes
175 Toulouse 10 10

Central France

Average March sun
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
165 Clermont-Ferrand 7 11
160 Dijon 7 13
179 La Rochelle 7 9
158 Limoges 9 12
146 Orléans 5 13
135 Paris 4 15
158 Poitiers 7 11
149 Tours 5 12

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in March on average
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
153 Besançon 8 14
145 Colmar 6 13
127 Lille 4 15
126 Metz 5 15
140 Nancy 5 15
Reims 4 14
146 Strasbourg 6 14
148 Troyes 6 13

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in March
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
136 Angers 4 13
122 Brest 4 15
130 Caen 3 14
139 Le Mans 5 14
144 Lorient 4 13
147 Nantes 5 12
134 Rennes 4 14
119 Rouen 3 16
122 Saint-Brieuc 3 15
Reference

Météo France. Climatologie. Normales et records. Données publiques. Fiche climatologique.

France Sunshine
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