Orange weather in March

In March, Orange sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 6.7 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 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 Orange's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orange's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 47 mm; 6.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:02 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 5th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical March day in Orange reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 20°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)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How March really feels in Orange

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Orange 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	10° / 3°	61	7.9	0.8	9.1	2.4
Feb	12° / 3°	44	5.8	0.5	10.2	3.3
Mar	16° / 6°	47	6.7	0.1	11.6	5.4
Apr	19° / 9°	71	8.6	0	13.2	6.4
May	23° / 12°	66	8.6	0	14.5	7.1
Jun	28° / 16°	42	5.4	0	15.2	7.0
Jul	31° / 19°	31	4.2	0	15	5.6
Aug	30° / 18°	46	4.7	0	13.8	5.8
Sep	25° / 15°	95	6.8	0	12.3	7.5
Oct	20° / 11°	103	8.7	0	10.8	6.5
Nov	14° / 7°	108	10.2	0.1	9.4	4.1
Dec	11° / 4°	59	8.1	0.3	8.7	2.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 40%.

	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 (%)	56	56	56	56	57	57	58	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	61	61	61	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	58
Cloudier (%)	44	44	44	44	43	43	42	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	39	39	39	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Orange gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 6.7 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 21% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	25

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

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 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 7:28 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:58 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	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:00	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:34
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:28	6:20
2	10.9	7:27	6:21
3	11.0	7:25	6:22
4	11.0	7:23	6:24
5	11.1	7:22	6:25
6	11.1	7:20	6:26
7	11.2	7:18	6:27
8	11.2	7:16	6:29
9	11.3	7:15	6:30
10	11.3	7:13	6:31
11	11.4	7:11	6:33
12	11.4	7:09	6:34
13	11.5	7:07	6:35
14	11.5	7:05	6:37
15	11.6	7:04	6:38
16	11.6	7:02	6:39
17	11.7	7:00	6:40
18	11.7	6:58	6:42
19	11.8	6:56	6:43
20	11.8	6:54	6:44
21	11.9	6:52	6:45
22	11.9	6:51	6:47
23	12.0	6:49	6:48
24	12.0	6:47	6:49
25	12.1	6:45	6:50
26	12.1	6:43	6:52
27	12.2	6:41	6:53
28	12.2	6:39	6:54
29	12.3	6:37	6:55
30	12.4	6:35	6:57
31	12.4	6:34	6:58

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.44 kWh/m² to a high of 7.02 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.09 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)	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	4.0	Moderate
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Orange?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Orange for sightseeing.

What to pack for Orange in March

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

In March, Orange sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Orange 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 Orange 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	6	7	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	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Orange 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 Orange is worst in March — around 16 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	14	16	16	13	14	11	11	12	12	11	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate

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

Location & terrain

Where is Orange?

Orange sits at 44.1°N, 4.8°E, 48 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Sorgues, 15 km away.

Topography around Orange

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orange has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 417 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,883 m.

The land around Orange is covered by trees (35%), cropland (27%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (40%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) within 80 km.

3 km

74 m

trees 35%

16 km

417 m

trees 40%

80 km

1,883 m

trees 64%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

March weather nearby: Sorgues 15 km · Bagnols-sur-Cèze 15 km · Le Pontet 20 km · Avignon 21 km · Carpentras 21 km · L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 31 km · Cavaillon 39 km · Montélimar 47 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 Orange (44.1381°, 4.8102°, elevation 48 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. 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	4
2	14	4
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	15	5
9	15	5
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

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

	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