Cherbourg weather in March

In March, Cherbourg sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Cherbourg's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cherbourg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 55 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 7:30 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 7th clearest
Wind: 24 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.0; out of 10

Cherbourg is former commune of Manche, France.

Density: 3,857/km²; people per km²

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month.

A typical March day in Cherbourg reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 2°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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Cherbourg weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-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	9° / 6°	85	13.8	0.4	8.4	1.5
Feb	9° / 6°	65	12.7	0.6	9.8	1.4
Mar	10° / 7°	55	10.8	0.2	11.5	2.0
Apr	11° / 8°	50	10.2	0	13.4	2.8
May	14° / 11°	46	9	0	15.1	3.9
Jun	16° / 13°	45	8.6	0	16	5.1
Jul	18° / 15°	41	7.9	0	15.6	6.2
Aug	19° / 16°	56	9.4	0	14.2	6.2
Sep	17° / 15°	57	9.5	0	12.4	5.6
Oct	15° / 12°	97	14.6	0	10.5	4.0
Nov	12° / 10°	103	15.6	0	8.9	2.7
Dec	10° / 7°	108	15.7	0.4	8	1.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	30	30	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	32	33	33	34	34	35	36	36	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	42
Cloudier (%)	70	70	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	68	67	67	66	66	65	64	64	64	63	62	61	61	60	59	59	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Cherbourg gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	45	45	44	43	42	40	39	37	36	34	33	32	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	40
7	39
8	37
9	36
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	33
25	34
26	34
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

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 24 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 26 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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 8:01 AM to 6:57 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 7:26 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)	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	8:01	7:59	7:57	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:49	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:41	7:39	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:57
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:40	6:41	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:23	7:25	7:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	8:01	6:38
2	10.7	7:59	6:40
3	10.7	7:57	6:41
4	10.8	7:55	6:43
5	10.9	7:53	6:45
6	10.9	7:51	6:46
7	11.0	7:49	6:48
8	11.0	7:47	6:49
9	11.1	7:45	6:51
10	11.2	7:43	6:53
11	11.2	7:41	6:54
12	11.3	7:39	6:56
13	11.4	7:36	6:58
14	11.4	7:34	6:59
15	11.5	7:32	7:01
16	11.5	7:30	7:02
17	11.6	7:28	7:04
18	11.7	7:25	7:06
19	11.7	7:23	7:07
20	11.8	7:21	7:09
21	11.9	7:19	7:10
22	11.9	7:17	7:12
23	12.0	7:14	7:14
24	12.0	7:12	7:15
25	12.1	7:10	7:17
26	12.2	7:08	7:18
27	12.2	7:06	7:20
28	12.3	7:03	7:21
29	12.4	7:01	7:23
30	12.4	6:59	7:25
31	12.5	6:57	7:26

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.15 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)	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Cherbourg?

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

2.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cherbourg.

What to pack for Cherbourg in March

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

In March, Cherbourg sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Cherbourg in March

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 9°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	9	9	10	12	14	16	17	17	16	14	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Cherbourg in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cherbourg peaks around August 12 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	6	7	6	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Cherbourg?

Cherbourg sits at 49.6°N, 1.6°W, 6 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Octeville, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Cherbourg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cherbourg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m around an average of 35 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m.

The land around Cherbourg is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), trees (26%) and water (22%) within 3 km, water (36%), grassland (26%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and water (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

165 m

artificial surfaces 37%

16 km

192 m

water 36%

80 km

223 m

water 70%

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

March weather nearby: Octeville 2.0 km · Équeurdreville-Hainneville 3.0 km · Tourlaville 4.0 km · Saint Helier 61 km · Saint Peter Port 69 km · Saint-Lô 70 km · Bayeux 77 km · Caen 104 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 Cherbourg (49.6398°, -1.6164°, elevation 6 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	9	6
2	9	6
3	9	6
4	9	6
5	9	6
6	9	7
7	9	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	7
13	10	7
14	10	7
15	10	7
16	10	7
17	10	7
18	10	7
19	10	7
20	10	7
21	10	7
22	10	7
23	10	7
24	10	7
25	10	7
26	10	7
27	10	7
28	10	7
29	10	7
30	10	7
31	10	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	40
7	39
8	37
9	36
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	33
25	34
26	34
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	40
7	39
8	37
9	36
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	33
25	34
26	34
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	44
4	43
5	42
6	40
7	39
8	37
9	36
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	33
25	34
26	34
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

	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