Pontarlier weather in March

In March, Pontarlier sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 121 mm of precipitation across 14.4 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Pontarlier's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pontarlier's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 121 mm; 14.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:57 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.9; out of 10

← February Pontarlier 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 7°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical March day in Pontarlier reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 4°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)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How March really feels in Pontarlier

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 27 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.

Pontarlier weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -1°	128	14.3	8.5	8.8	0.0
Feb	5° / -1°	114	13.1	8.5	10	0.2
Mar	10° / 2°	121	14.4	5.9	11.6	1.9
Apr	13° / 5°	121	15.1	3.1	13.3	3.3
May	17° / 9°	156	17.5	0.5	14.8	4.5
Jun	21° / 12°	142	16.1	0	15.6	5.5
Jul	23° / 14°	137	15.5	0	15.3	6.1
Aug	23° / 13°	139	14.6	0	14	6.2
Sep	18° / 10°	126	13.6	0	12.4	5.3
Oct	14° / 7°	129	13.7	0.7	10.6	3.6
Nov	8° / 3°	136	14.4	4.4	9.2	1.1
Dec	5° / -0°	149	15.3	8.5	8.4	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	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 (%)	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	37	37	38	38	39	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	41	40	39	40	39	38	38	37	37	38	37
Cloudier (%)	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	63	63	62	62	61	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	59	60	61	60	61	62	62	63	63	62	63

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Pontarlier gets around 121 mm of rain and snow over 14.4 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 46% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 6 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 (%)	47	47	47	47	47	46	45	45	44	43	42	42	42	41	42	42	42	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	50	50	50	50	50
Snow chance (%)	27	27	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	47	27
2	47	27
3	47	27
4	47	26
5	47	25
6	46	24
7	45	23
8	45	22
9	44	21
10	43	20
11	42	19
12	42	18
13	42	17
14	41	16
15	42	15
16	42	15
17	42	15
18	43	15
19	44	15
20	45	15
21	46	15
22	47	15
23	47	16
24	48	16
25	49	16
26	50	16
27	50	16
28	50	16
29	50	16
30	50	16
31	50	15

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 11 km/h in March.

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 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 102 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:26 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:53 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)	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:26
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:11	6:13	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:32	6:33	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:50	6:52	6:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	7:26	6:10
2	10.8	7:24	6:11
3	10.8	7:22	6:13
4	10.9	7:20	6:14
5	11.0	7:18	6:16
6	11.0	7:16	6:17
7	11.1	7:14	6:19
8	11.1	7:13	6:20
9	11.2	7:11	6:22
10	11.2	7:09	6:23
11	11.3	7:07	6:25
12	11.4	7:05	6:26
13	11.4	7:03	6:27
14	11.5	7:01	6:29
15	11.5	6:59	6:30
16	11.6	6:57	6:32
17	11.6	6:55	6:33
18	11.7	6:53	6:35
19	11.8	6:51	6:36
20	11.8	6:49	6:37
21	11.9	6:47	6:39
22	11.9	6:45	6:40
23	12.0	6:43	6:42
24	12.0	6:40	6:43
25	12.1	6:38	6:44
26	12.2	6:36	6:46
27	12.2	6:34	6:47
28	12.3	6:32	6:49
29	12.3	6:30	6:50
30	12.4	6:28	6:52
31	12.4	6:26	6:53

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 3.4 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)	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1
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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Pontarlier?

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

1.9

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 Pontarlier.

What to pack for Pontarlier in March

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

In March, Pontarlier sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Pontarlier 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 Pontarlier peaks around July 15 at about 8 (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 7 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Pontarlier?

Pontarlier sits at 46.9°N, 6.4°E, 834 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Yverdon-les-Bains, 26 km away.

Topography around Pontarlier

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pontarlier has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m around an average of 898 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,215 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,196 m.

The land around Pontarlier is covered by trees (44%), grassland (34%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and grassland (46%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

364 m

trees 44%

16 km

1,215 m

trees 48%

80 km

2,196 m

trees 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

March weather nearby: Yverdon-les-Bains 26 km · La Chaux-de-Fonds 42 km · Renens 44 km · Neuchâtel 45 km · Morges 45 km · Besançon 46 km · Lausanne 48 km · Pully 50 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 Pontarlier (46.9035°, 6.3554°, elevation 834 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	7	0
2	7	0
3	7	0
4	8	0
5	8	1
6	8	1
7	8	1
8	8	1
9	9	1
10	9	1
11	9	1
12	9	2
13	9	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	10	2
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	11	3
23	11	3
24	11	3
25	11	3
26	11	3
27	11	3
28	11	3
29	11	3
30	11	3
31	11	3

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	47	27
2	47	27
3	47	27
4	47	26
5	47	25
6	46	24
7	45	23
8	45	22
9	44	21
10	43	20
11	42	19
12	42	18
13	42	17
14	41	16
15	42	15
16	42	15
17	42	15
18	43	15
19	44	15
20	45	15
21	46	15
22	47	15
23	47	16
24	48	16
25	49	16
26	50	16
27	50	16
28	50	16
29	50	16
30	50	16
31	50	15

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	47	27
2	47	27
3	47	27
4	47	26
5	47	25
6	46	24
7	45	23
8	45	22
9	44	21
10	43	20
11	42	19
12	42	18
13	42	17
14	41	16
15	42	15
16	42	15
17	42	15
18	43	15
19	44	15
20	45	15
21	46	15
22	47	15
23	47	16
24	48	16
25	49	16
26	50	16
27	50	16
28	50	16
29	50	16
30	50	16
31	50	15

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	47	27
2	47	27
3	47	27
4	47	26
5	47	25
6	46	24
7	45	23
8	45	22
9	44	21
10	43	20
11	42	19
12	42	18
13	42	17
14	41	16
15	42	15
16	42	15
17	42	15
18	43	15
19	44	15
20	45	15
21	46	15
22	47	15
23	47	16
24	48	16
25	49	16
26	50	16
27	50	16
28	50	16
29	50	16
30	50	16
31	50	15

	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