Madrid Weather in March
Madrid in March
The short of it: Madrid in March averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 552 mm (21.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 24° · rain 552 mm · daylight 12 h 3 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Madrid an average March high of 31°, a low of 24° and some 552 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 552 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 3 min in mid-March.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Madrid runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Parang, 3 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
March in Madrid, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 1° warmer, 180 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h