Agde weather in March

In March, Agde sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 6.4 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 Agde's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Agde's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 48 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:07 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 5th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

← February Agde 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 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical March day in Agde reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 16°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)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	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

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

Agde weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 8°	71	9	9.2	3.0
Feb	11° / 8°	46	5.9	10.2	3.2
Mar	13° / 9°	48	6.4	11.6	4.3
Apr	15° / 12°	58	7.1	13.2	5.2
May	18° / 15°	47	6	14.5	6.6
Jun	22° / 18°	22	3.2	15.1	8.1
Jul	25° / 20°	12	2.3	14.9	8.7
Aug	25° / 21°	23	4.1	13.8	8.3
Sep	22° / 18°	85	6.1	12.3	7.6
Oct	19° / 15°	107	10.6	10.8	6.1
Nov	15° / 12°	98	10.3	9.5	4.5
Dec	12° / 9°	63	9.2	8.8	3.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

	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 (%)	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	63	63	62	62	62	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59
Cloudier (%)	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	37	37	38	38	38	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Agde gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 6.4 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 21% and peaks near 23% 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	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22

	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	18
17	18
18	19
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	20
24	20
25	20
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	22
30	22
31	22

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 21 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	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	21	breezy
2	21	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
5	21	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	21	breezy
11	21	breezy
12	21	breezy
13	21	breezy
14	20	breezy
15	20	breezy
16	20	breezy
17	20	breezy
18	20	breezy
19	20	breezy
20	20	breezy
21	20	breezy
22	20	breezy
23	20	breezy
24	20	breezy
25	20	breezy
26	20	breezy
27	20	breezy
28	20	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 7:33 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 7:03 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)	7:33	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:39
Sunset (PM)	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:02	7:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:33	6:26
2	10.9	7:31	6:27
3	11.0	7:29	6:28
4	11.0	7:28	6:30
5	11.1	7:26	6:31
6	11.1	7:24	6:32
7	11.2	7:23	6:34
8	11.2	7:21	6:35
9	11.3	7:19	6:36
10	11.3	7:17	6:37
11	11.4	7:16	6:39
12	11.4	7:14	6:40
13	11.5	7:12	6:41
14	11.5	7:10	6:42
15	11.6	7:09	6:44
16	11.6	7:07	6:45
17	11.7	7:05	6:46
18	11.7	7:03	6:47
19	11.8	7:01	6:48
20	11.8	7:00	6:50
21	11.9	6:58	6:51
22	11.9	6:56	6:52
23	12.0	6:54	6:53
24	12.0	6:52	6:54
25	12.1	6:50	6:56
26	12.1	6:48	6:57
27	12.2	6:47	6:58
28	12.2	6:45	6:59
29	12.3	6:43	7:00
30	12.3	6:41	7:02
31	12.4	6:39	7:03

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.23 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)	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Agde

In seasonPeak

In March, Agde sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Agde'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 Agde?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Agde for sightseeing.

What to pack for Agde in March

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

In March, Agde sees daytime highs around 13°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 Agde in March

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 12°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 28 to Sep 17 — about 2.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	12	12	12	14	16	19	21	22	20	18	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	12	Bracing
Feb	12	Bracing
Mar	12	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	20	Refreshing
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Agde 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 Agde 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	Very 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	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Agde?

Agde sits at 43.3°N, 3.5°E, 16 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Sète, 20 km away.

Topography around Agde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Agde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,423 m.

The land around Agde is covered by grassland (34%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, water (52%) within 16 km, and trees (35%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

109 m

grassland 34%

16 km

118 m

water 52%

80 km

1,423 m

trees 35%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

March weather nearby: Sète 20 km · Béziers 21 km · Frontignan 27 km · Narbonne 41 km · Lattes 45 km · Montpellier 46 km · Castelnau-le-Lez 50 km · Mauguio 55 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 Agde (43.3108°, 3.4758°, elevation 16 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	12	8
2	12	8
3	12	8
4	13	9
5	13	9
6	13	9
7	13	9
8	13	9
9	13	9
10	13	9
11	13	9
12	13	9
13	13	9
14	13	9
15	14	9
16	14	10
17	14	10
18	14	10
19	14	10
20	14	10
21	14	10
22	14	10
23	14	10
24	14	10
25	14	10
26	14	10
27	14	10
28	14	10
29	14	10
30	14	10
31	14	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

	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	18
17	18
18	19
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	20
24	20
25	20
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	22
30	22
31	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

	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	18
17	18
18	19
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	20
24	20
25	20
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	22
30	22
31	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

	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	18
17	18
18	19
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	20
24	20
25	20
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	22
30	22
31	22

	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