Gardanne weather in March

In March, Gardanne sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 6.4 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 13°C in the first days to 16°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 Gardanne's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gardanne's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 44 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:59 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 11.9 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical March day in Gardanne reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°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 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°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	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
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	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

How March really feels in Gardanne

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.

Gardanne 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	11° / 2°	54	7.1	0.7	9.1	2.8
Feb	12° / 2°	44	6	0.7	10.2	3.4
Mar	15° / 5°	44	6.4	0.1	11.6	5.2
Apr	18° / 8°	68	9	0	13.2	6.0
May	22° / 12°	58	7.6	0	14.5	7.1
Jun	26° / 16°	35	5.1	0	15.2	7.7
Jul	29° / 18°	19	3.3	0	14.9	6.9
Aug	29° / 18°	23	3.8	0	13.8	6.9
Sep	25° / 14°	72	6.9	0	12.3	7.6
Oct	20° / 11°	88	8.6	0	10.8	6.6
Nov	14° / 6°	100	9.6	0.2	9.5	4.4
Dec	11° / 3°	60	7.2	0.4	8.8	3.0

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 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

	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 (%)	59	59	58	59	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	67	66	67	66	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	61	60	60	60	59	59
Cloudier (%)	41	41	42	41	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	34	33	33	34	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	39	40	40	40	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	65	35
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Gardanne gets around 44 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 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 (%)	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	25	25
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0

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

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 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	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	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	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 7:25 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:55 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)	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:04	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:31
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:25	6:18
2	10.9	7:23	6:19
3	11.0	7:22	6:20
4	11.0	7:20	6:22
5	11.1	7:18	6:23
6	11.1	7:17	6:24
7	11.2	7:15	6:25
8	11.2	7:13	6:27
9	11.3	7:11	6:28
10	11.3	7:10	6:29
11	11.4	7:08	6:30
12	11.4	7:06	6:32
13	11.5	7:04	6:33
14	11.5	7:02	6:34
15	11.6	7:01	6:35
16	11.6	6:59	6:37
17	11.7	6:57	6:38
18	11.7	6:55	6:39
19	11.8	6:53	6:40
20	11.8	6:52	6:42
21	11.9	6:50	6:43
22	11.9	6:48	6:44
23	12.0	6:46	6:45
24	12.0	6:44	6:46
25	12.1	6:42	6:48
26	12.1	6:40	6:49
27	12.2	6:39	6:50
28	12.2	6:37	6:51
29	12.3	6:35	6:53
30	12.3	6:33	6:54
31	12.4	6:31	6:55

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.34 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.36 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)	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
Level	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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Gardanne?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Gardanne for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gardanne in March

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

In March, Gardanne sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Gardanne in March

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 29 to Sep 30 — about 3.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	13	13	14	16	19	21	22	21	19	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Gardanne 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 Gardanne peaks around July 16 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	7	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	7	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 Gardanne?

Gardanne sits at 43.5°N, 5.5°E, 216 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Aix-en-Provence, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Gardanne

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gardanne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 248 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,008 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,815 m.

The land around Gardanne is covered by trees (51%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (52%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

196 m

trees 51%

16 km

1,008 m

trees 52%

80 km

1,815 m

trees 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

March weather nearby: Aix-en-Provence 8.0 km · Marseille 15 13 km · Allauch 13 km · Les Pennes-Mirabeau 14 km · Marseille 14 14 km · Les Olives 15 km · Saint-Barthélémy 15 km · Marseille 16 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 Gardanne (43.4549°, 5.4691°, elevation 216 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	4
3	13	4
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
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	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	65	35
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	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	4
3	13	4
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
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	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	65	35
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	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	4
3	13	4
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
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	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	65	35
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	62	38
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	59	41
31	59	41

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

	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