Bergen op Zoom weather in March

In March, Bergen op Zoom sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 11.2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Bergen op Zoom's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bergen op Zoom's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
7:07 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover
69%
7th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
2.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Bergen op Zoom is city in Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands.

Density
711/km²
people per km²

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 8°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical March day in Bergen op Zoom reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Bergen op Zoom

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 11 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
11
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Bergen op Zoom weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 62120.88.10.4
Feb / 5411.31.39.60.8
Mar10° / 5411.20.611.52.2
Apr14° / 4910.9013.54.0
May18° / 10°6311.9015.35.4
Jun20° / 12°6611.2016.35.9
Jul22° / 14°7813015.96.2
Aug22° / 14°7712.6014.46.2
Sep19° / 12°6011012.45.7
Oct15° / 6211.7010.44.1
Nov10° / 6412.30.48.62.0
Dec / 7313.41.17.70.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Bergen op Zoom gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 36% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in March

Winds average 16 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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417light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

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Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:41 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 7:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.57:416:11
210.67:396:13
310.67:366:15
410.77:346:17
510.87:326:19
610.87:306:20
710.97:286:22
811.07:256:24
911.07:236:26
1011.17:216:27
1111.27:196:29
1211.27:166:31
1311.37:146:33
1411.47:126:34
1511.47:096:36
1611.57:076:38
1711.67:056:40
1811.67:036:41
1911.77:006:43
2011.86:586:45
2111.86:566:46
2211.96:536:48
2312.06:516:50
2412.16:496:52
2512.16:466:53
2612.26:446:55
2712.36:416:57
2812.36:396:58
2912.46:377:00
3012.56:347:02
3112.56:327:04

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 2.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.0Dim
22.0Moderate
32.1Moderate
42.1Moderate
52.2Moderate
62.2Moderate
72.3Moderate
82.3Moderate
92.4Moderate
102.4Moderate
112.5Moderate
122.5Moderate
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213.0Moderate
223.0Moderate
233.1Moderate
243.1Moderate
253.2Moderate
263.3Moderate
273.3Moderate
283.4Moderate
293.4Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Bergen op Zoom?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bergen op Zoom.

What to pack for Bergen op Zoom in March

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

In March, Bergen op Zoom sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Bergen op Zoom in March

The nearest coast averages about 6°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 48 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Bergen op Zoom in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bergen op Zoom peaks around June 23 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bergen op Zoom?

Bergen op Zoom sits at 51.5°N, 4.3°E, 9 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Steenbergen, 10 km away.

KalmthoutKapellenEkerenBrasschaatGoes

Topography around Bergen op Zoom

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bergen op Zoom has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m.

The land around Bergen op Zoom is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, cropland (33%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (26%), water (23%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

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March weather nearby: Steenbergen 10 km · Roosendaal 13 km · Kalmthout 18 km · Stabroek 19 km · Kapellen 22 km · Ekeren 25 km · Brasschaat 27 km · Goes 28 km

The Netherlands travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 84% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$73,684
2025
Happiness
7.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 624
Religion
none 54%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 15%other 6%

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 Bergen op Zoom (51.495°, 4.2917°, elevation 9 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).