The city of Agen lies in the southern-French département Lot-et-Garonne in the Aquitaine region. The city centre is at the east bank of the Garonne river and close to the Canal de Garonne, approximately halfway between Bordeaux (132 km) and Toulouse (107 km).
ClimateAgen features an oceanic climate (Cfb), and just falls short to a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). Summers are quite hot with daytime temperatures of almost 28 °C (82 °F), while occasionally, winter nights are frozen. Rainfall is spread equally throughout the year, however, most sunshine hours are from March–September.
Climate data for Agen, France (altitude 59m, 1981–2010) (Source: Météo-France, Infoclimat.fr) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °C (°F) 19.2 (66.6) 21.9 (71.4) 26.3 (79.3) 30.2 (86.4) 32.6 (90.7) 38.8 (101.8) 40.6 (105.1) 38.3 (100.9) 35.2 (95.4) 31.5 (88.7) 23.9 (75) 21.6 (70.9) 40.6 (105.1) Average high °C (°F) 9.2 (48.6) 11.3 (52.3) 15.0 (59) 17.5 (63.5) 21.5 (70.7) 25.0 (77) 27.6 (81.7) 27.6 (81.7) 24.5 (76.1) 19.6 (67.3) 13.2 (55.8) 9.5 (49.1) 18.5 (65.3) Average low °C (°F) 2.1 (35.8) 2.4 (36.3) 4.4 (39.9) 6.6 (43.9) 10.3 (50.5) 13.6 (56.5) 15.4 (59.7) 15.3 (59.5) 12.3 (54.1) 9.7 (49.5) 5.4 (41.7) 2.8 (37) 8.4 (47.1) Record low °C (°F) −17.4 (0.7) −21.9 (−7.4) −8.4 (16.9) −3.9 (25) −1.6 (29.1) 2.5 (36.5) 5.9 (42.6) 4.7 (40.5) 1.0 (33.8) −5.0 (23) −8.6 (16.5) −12.1 (10.2) −21.9 (−7.4) Precipitation mm (inches) 55.1 (2.169) 52.1 (2.051) 49.8 (1.961) 67.6 (2.661) 76.1 (2.996) 58.4 (2.299) 51.3 (2.02) 55.0 (2.165) 59.3 (2.335) 64.3 (2.531) 63.4 (2.496) 59.8 (2.354) 712.2 (28.039) Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 10 8 9 11 11 8 6 7 8 10 10 10 107 Mean monthly sunshine hours 78 110 173 182 214 232 255 242 205 138 84 69 1,982 Source #1: climat.meteofrance.com Source #2: infoclimat.fr
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