Marseille 07 weather in March

In March, Marseille 07 sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 37 mm of rain across 5.6 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Marseille 07's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Marseille 07's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 37 mm; 5.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:59 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 6th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Marseille 07 is municipal arrondissement of Marseille, France.

Density: 6,322/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

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Marseille 07 reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Marseille 07 weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 7°	59	7.4	9.2	3.2
Feb	12° / 7°	40	5.5	10.2	3.5
Mar	14° / 9°	37	5.6	11.6	4.8
Apr	16° / 11°	58	7.2	13.2	5.7
May	20° / 15°	42	5.7	14.5	7.0
Jun	23° / 18°	21	3.7	15.1	8.3
Jul	26° / 21°	10	1.8	14.9	8.7
Aug	26° / 21°	14	2.4	13.8	8.4
Sep	23° / 18°	64	5.6	12.3	7.9
Oct	19° / 15°	82	8.2	10.8	6.6
Nov	15° / 11°	92	9.9	9.5	4.7
Dec	12° / 8°	58	7.8	8.9	3.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	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 (%)	60	60	60	61	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	67	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	62	61
Cloudier (%)	40	40	40	39	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	33	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	38	39

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Marseille 07 gets around 37 mm of rain over 5.6 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 19% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20

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

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 22 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
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	22	breezy
2	22	breezy
3	22	breezy
4	22	breezy
5	22	breezy
6	22	breezy
7	22	breezy
8	22	breezy
9	22	breezy
10	22	breezy
11	22	breezy
12	21	breezy
13	21	breezy
14	21	breezy
15	21	breezy
16	21	breezy
17	21	breezy
18	21	breezy
19	21	breezy
20	21	breezy
21	21	breezy
22	21	breezy
23	21	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	21	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	21	breezy
28	21	breezy
29	21	breezy
30	21	breezy
31	21	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 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 90 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:25 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:55 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)	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	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	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:25	6:18
2	10.9	7:24	6:20
3	11.0	7:22	6:21
4	11.0	7:20	6:22
5	11.1	7:19	6:24
6	11.1	7:17	6:25
7	11.2	7:15	6:26
8	11.2	7:13	6:27
9	11.3	7:12	6:29
10	11.3	7:10	6:30
11	11.4	7:08	6:31
12	11.4	7:06	6:32
13	11.5	7:05	6:34
14	11.5	7:03	6:35
15	11.6	7:01	6:36
16	11.6	6:59	6:37
17	11.7	6:57	6:38
18	11.7	6:56	6:40
19	11.8	6:54	6:41
20	11.8	6:52	6:42
21	11.9	6:50	6:43
22	11.9	6:48	6:45
23	12.0	6:46	6:46
24	12.0	6:45	6:47
25	12.1	6:43	6:48
26	12.1	6:41	6:49
27	12.2	6:39	6:51
28	12.2	6:37	6:52
29	12.3	6:35	6:53
30	12.3	6:34	6:54
31	12.4	6:32	6:55

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.38 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.44 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)	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Marseille 07

In seasonPeak

None of Marseille 07's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Marseille 07's rainy season runs September–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Marseille 07?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Marseille 07 for sightseeing.

What to pack for Marseille 07 in March

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

In March, Marseille 07 sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Marseille 07 in March

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 29 to Sep 30 — about 3.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	13	13	14	16	19	21	22	21	19	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Marseille 07 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 Marseille 07 peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	3	4	6	6	8	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Marseille 07 in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Marseille 07 is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	15	17	17	15	16	14	15	13	13	11	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	12	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Marseille 07?

Marseille 07 sits at 43.3°N, 5.4°E, 49 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Marseille 06, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Marseille 07

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Marseille 07.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Marseille 07 has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 674 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,261 m.

The land around Marseille 07 is covered by water (52%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 3 km, water (46%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

141 m

water 52%

16 km

674 m

water 46%

80 km

1,261 m

trees 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← February Marseille 07 year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Marseille 06 2.0 km · Marseille 02 2.0 km · Marseille 08 2.0 km · Marseille 2.0 km · Marseille 03 3.0 km · Marseille 01 3.0 km · Le Camas 3.0 km · Marseille 05 4.0 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 Marseille 07 (43.2829°, 5.3602°, elevation 49 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	8
6	13	8
7	14	8
8	14	8
9	14	8
10	14	9
11	14	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	15	9
19	15	9
20	15	9
21	15	9
22	15	9
23	15	10
24	15	10
25	15	10
26	15	10
27	15	10
28	15	10
29	15	10
30	15	10
31	15	10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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