Agrigento weather in March

In March, Agrigento sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 47 mm of rain across 7.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Agrigento's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Agrigento's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
9th warmest
Overnight low
10°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
47 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:24 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
43%
8th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Agrigento is Italian comune in Sicily.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
133/km²
people per km²
Founded
~579 BCE

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical March day in Agrigento reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Agrigento weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 688.89.74.5
Feb14° / 588.210.64.5
Mar16° / 10°477.111.75.5
Apr18° / 12°39612.96.8
May22° / 16°153.1148.2
Jun26° / 19°51.314.58.9
Jul28° / 22°10.314.38.4
Aug29° / 23°40.913.47.6
Sep26° / 21°424.812.37.9
Oct23° / 17°727.3117.6
Nov19° / 14°839.6106.3
Dec16° / 11°719.49.55.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36436
46436
56436
66535
76535
86535
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237426
247327
257228
267228
277228
287129
297129
307030
317030

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Agrigento gets around 47 mm of rain over 7.1 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 23% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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628
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828
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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
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11991
121000
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Wind in March

Winds average 16 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:465:52
211.16:455:53
311.26:435:54
411.26:425:55
511.36:405:56
611.36:395:57
711.36:385:58
811.46:365:59
911.46:356:00
1011.56:336:01
1111.56:326:02
1211.56:306:03
1311.66:296:04
1411.66:276:05
1511.76:266:06
1611.76:246:06
1711.76:236:07
1811.86:216:08
1911.86:206:09
2011.96:186:10
2111.96:176:11
2211.96:156:12
2312.06:146:13
2412.06:126:14
2512.16:106:15
2612.16:096:16
2712.26:076:17
2812.26:066:17
2912.26:046:18
3012.36:036:19
3112.36:016:20

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.57 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
24.0Bright
34.1Bright
44.1Bright
54.2Bright
64.2Bright
74.3Bright
84.3Bright
94.4Bright
104.4Bright
114.5Bright
124.6Bright
134.6Bright
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225.1Bright
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265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Agrigento?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.6
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Agrigento for sightseeing.

What to pack for Agrigento in March

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

In March, Agrigento sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Agrigento in March

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 8 to Nov 8 — about 5.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Cool
Feb15Bracing
Mar15Bracing
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep24Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index in Agrigento in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Agrigento peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighModerateVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 10Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Agrigento?

Agrigento sits at 37.3°N, 13.6°E, 230 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Porto Empedocle, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Agrigento

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Agrigento has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m around an average of 145 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 642 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,958 m.

The land around Agrigento is covered by grassland (53%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and water (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), water (34%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
321 m
16 km
642 m
80 km
1,958 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Porto Empedocle 5.0 km · Favara 8.0 km · Palma di Montechiaro 21 km · Canicattì 25 km · Ribera 34 km · Licata 40 km · San Cataldo 41 km · Caltanissetta 47 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / L
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 69% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$43,309
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.6
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 513
Religion
Christian 81%unaffiliated 13%Muslim 5%other 1%

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 Agrigento (37.3107°, 13.5766°, elevation 230 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).