Aurillac weather in March

In March, Aurillac sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 103 mm of precipitation across 12.9 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Aurillac's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aurillac's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 103 mm; 12.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:12 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.66 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.3; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6.6 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical March day in Aurillac reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 3°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Avg low (°C)	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	0
2	8	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	9	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	11	2
25	11	3
26	11	3
27	11	3
28	11	3
29	11	3
30	12	3
31	12	3

How March really feels in Aurillac

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Aurillac weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	5° / -0°	123	13.8	6.4	9	0.2
Feb	7° / -1°	100	11.7	6.3	10.1	0.7
Mar	10° / 2°	103	12.9	3.9	11.6	2.3
Apr	13° / 4°	123	14	2.5	13.2	3.3
May	17° / 7°	125	14.5	0.4	14.6	4.7
Jun	20° / 11°	102	12.4	0	15.3	6.0
Jul	23° / 12°	83	11.2	0	15.1	6.8
Aug	23° / 12°	94	11.7	0	13.9	6.8
Sep	19° / 9°	106	10.5	0	12.3	5.9
Oct	14° / 7°	118	13.1	0.3	10.7	4.0
Nov	9° / 3°	131	13.6	2.7	9.4	1.6
Dec	6° / 1°	130	13.7	4.8	8.7	0.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	36	35	35	36	38	39	40	40	42	43	45	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39
Cloudier (%)	64	65	65	64	62	61	60	60	58	57	55	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	57	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	61	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Aurillac gets around 103 mm of rain and snow over 12.9 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 41% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	46	46	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	36	35	35	36	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	46	46	47
Snow chance (%)	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	19
2	46	19
3	46	19
4	45	18
5	44	18
6	43	17
7	42	16
8	41	15
9	40	14
10	39	13
11	38	12
12	37	11
13	36	11
14	36	10
15	35	9
16	35	9
17	36	9
18	36	9
19	37	9
20	38	9
21	39	9
22	40	9
23	41	9
24	42	10
25	43	10
26	44	10
27	45	10
28	46	10
29	46	10
30	46	10
31	47	10

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:39 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 7:08 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:39	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:04	7:02	7:00	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:43
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:39	6:28
2	10.9	7:37	6:29
3	10.9	7:35	6:31
4	11.0	7:34	6:32
5	11.0	7:32	6:34
6	11.1	7:30	6:35
7	11.1	7:28	6:36
8	11.2	7:26	6:38
9	11.2	7:25	6:39
10	11.3	7:23	6:40
11	11.3	7:21	6:42
12	11.4	7:19	6:43
13	11.5	7:17	6:44
14	11.5	7:15	6:46
15	11.6	7:13	6:47
16	11.6	7:12	6:48
17	11.7	7:10	6:50
18	11.7	7:08	6:51
19	11.8	7:06	6:52
20	11.8	7:04	6:53
21	11.9	7:02	6:55
22	11.9	7:00	6:56
23	12.0	6:58	6:57
24	12.0	6:56	6:59
25	12.1	6:54	7:00
26	12.1	6:52	7:01
27	12.2	6:50	7:03
28	12.3	6:49	7:04
29	12.3	6:47	7:05
30	12.4	6:45	7:06
31	12.4	6:43	7:08

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 3.66 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	4.0	Moderate
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Aurillac?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aurillac.

What to pack for Aurillac in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Aurillac sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Aurillac in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aurillac peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	6	7	8	9	7	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Aurillac?

Aurillac sits at 44.9°N, 2.4°E, 625 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Rodez, 65 km away.

Topography around Aurillac

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Aurillac.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aurillac has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m around an average of 658 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 795 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,765 m.

The land around Aurillac is covered by grassland (49%), trees (26%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (47%) within 80 km.

3 km

260 m

grassland 49%

16 km

795 m

grassland 50%

80 km

1,765 m

trees 48%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← February Aurillac year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Rodez 65 km · Tulle 65 km · Brive-la-Gaillarde 76 km · Issoire 94 km · Cahors 95 km · Millau 105 km · Chamalières 106 km · Clermont-Ferrand 108 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 77% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $48,986; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 539
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Aurillac (44.9254°, 2.4398°, elevation 625 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	0
2	8	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	9	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	11	2
25	11	3
26	11	3
27	11	3
28	11	3
29	11	3
30	12	3
31	12	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	19
2	46	19
3	46	19
4	45	18
5	44	18
6	43	17
7	42	16
8	41	15
9	40	14
10	39	13
11	38	12
12	37	11
13	36	11
14	36	10
15	35	9
16	35	9
17	36	9
18	36	9
19	37	9
20	38	9
21	39	9
22	40	9
23	41	9
24	42	10
25	43	10
26	44	10
27	45	10
28	46	10
29	46	10
30	46	10
31	47	10

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	0
2	8	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	9	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	11	2
25	11	3
26	11	3
27	11	3
28	11	3
29	11	3
30	12	3
31	12	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	19
2	46	19
3	46	19
4	45	18
5	44	18
6	43	17
7	42	16
8	41	15
9	40	14
10	39	13
11	38	12
12	37	11
13	36	11
14	36	10
15	35	9
16	35	9
17	36	9
18	36	9
19	37	9
20	38	9
21	39	9
22	40	9
23	41	9
24	42	10
25	43	10
26	44	10
27	45	10
28	46	10
29	46	10
30	46	10
31	47	10

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	0
2	8	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	9	1
6	9	1
7	9	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	11	2
25	11	3
26	11	3
27	11	3
28	11	3
29	11	3
30	12	3
31	12	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	38	62
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	19
2	46	19
3	46	19
4	45	18
5	44	18
6	43	17
7	42	16
8	41	15
9	40	14
10	39	13
11	38	12
12	37	11
13	36	11
14	36	10
15	35	9
16	35	9
17	36	9
18	36	9
19	37	9
20	38	9
21	39	9
22	40	9
23	41	9
24	42	10
25	43	10
26	44	10
27	45	10
28	46	10
29	46	10
30	46	10
31	47	10

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100