Temperance is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

On December 8, 1884, a post office was established at Bedford Center and was named Temperance with Lewis Ansted as the first postmaster.

A petition was circulated and the name Bedford Center was changed to Temperance.

[5] During the early years of Temperance, the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages was prohibited.

20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

St. Anthony School of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit was in Temperance.