Cestas weather in March

In March, Cestas sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 56 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 16°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 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Cestas's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cestas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 56 mm; 10.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:24 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

← February Cestas 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 16°C by the end.

A typical March day in Cestas reaches about 15°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 10°C and 21°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	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17
Avg low (°C)	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7

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

Cestas weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-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° / 4°	72	11.3	9	2.4
Feb	12° / 4°	52	9.3	10.1	3.0
Mar	15° / 6°	56	10.2	11.6	4.7
Apr	18° / 8°	73	11.9	13.2	5.5
May	21° / 11°	77	12.1	14.6	6.2
Jun	25° / 14°	65	9.4	15.3	6.9
Jul	27° / 16°	47	7.4	15	7.0
Aug	27° / 16°	54	7.5	13.9	7.0
Sep	24° / 13°	60	8.8	12.3	7.1
Oct	20° / 10°	69	10.5	10.7	6.1
Nov	14° / 7°	82	11.7	9.4	3.9
Dec	11° / 4°	75	11.4	8.7	2.6

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 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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 (%)	39	40	40	40	41	42	43	43	45	44	45	46	46	47	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	42	42
Cloudier (%)	61	60	60	60	59	58	57	57	55	56	55	54	54	53	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	59	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Cestas gets around 56 mm of rain over 10.2 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 32% and peaks near 38% 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 (%)	36	36	36	35	34	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	37	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	33
8	32
9	31
10	30
11	29
12	28
13	27
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	28
18	28
19	29
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	34
25	35
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	38
30	38
31	38

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, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
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16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 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 96 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:51 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 7:20 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)	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	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	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:51	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	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
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:51	6:41
2	10.9	7:49	6:42
3	10.9	7:48	6:44
4	11.0	7:46	6:45
5	11.0	7:44	6:46
6	11.1	7:42	6:48
7	11.1	7:41	6:49
8	11.2	7:39	6:50
9	11.2	7:37	6:52
10	11.3	7:35	6:53
11	11.3	7:33	6:54
12	11.4	7:31	6:56
13	11.5	7:30	6:57
14	11.5	7:28	6:58
15	11.6	7:26	6:59
16	11.6	7:24	7:01
17	11.7	7:22	7:02
18	11.7	7:20	7:03
19	11.8	7:18	7:05
20	11.8	7:16	7:06
21	11.9	7:14	7:07
22	11.9	7:13	7:09
23	12.0	7:11	7:10
24	12.0	7:09	7:11
25	12.1	7:07	7:12
26	12.1	7:05	7:14
27	12.2	7:03	7:15
28	12.3	7:01	7:16
29	12.3	6:59	7:18
30	12.4	6:57	7:19
31	12.4	6:55	7:20

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.7 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)	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	4.0	Moderate
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Cestas?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Cestas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cestas in March

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

In March, Cestas sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Cestas 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 56 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 Jul 7 to Sep 18 — about 2.4 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	13	16	18	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	13	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	20	Refreshing
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Cestas 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 Cestas peaks around July 18 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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	8	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Cestas?

Cestas sits at 44.7°N, 0.7°W, 52 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Gradignan, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Cestas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cestas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 52 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m.

The land around Cestas is covered by trees (71%) within 3 km, trees (50%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

40 m

trees 71%

16 km

86 m

trees 50%

80 km

188 m

trees 45%

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

March weather nearby: Gradignan 6.0 km · Pessac 8.0 km · Villenave-d'Ornon 10 km · Talence 10 km · Mérignac 11 km · Bègles 12 km · Bordeaux 13 km · Le Bouscat 15 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 Cestas (44.7447°, -0.6819°, elevation 52 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	13	4
2	13	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	15	5
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	6
14	15	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	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	17	7
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	33
8	32
9	31
10	30
11	29
12	28
13	27
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	28
18	28
19	29
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	34
25	35
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	38
30	38
31	38

	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	13	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	15	5
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	6
14	15	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	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	17	7
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	33
8	32
9	31
10	30
11	29
12	28
13	27
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	28
18	28
19	29
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	34
25	35
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	38
30	38
31	38

	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	13	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	15	5
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	6
14	15	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	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	17	7
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	33
8	32
9	31
10	30
11	29
12	28
13	27
14	27
15	27
16	27
17	28
18	28
19	29
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	34
25	35
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	38
30	38
31	38

	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