Madrid Weather in March
Madrid in March
The short of it: Madrid in March averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 32 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 6° · rain 32 mm · daylight 11 h 50 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Madrid an average March high of 17°, a low of 6° and some 32 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 17°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 32 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 50 min in mid-March, 73 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and April.
Against its neighbours, Madrid runs warmer than most and wetter than most in March. Madrid Centro, 0 km to the N, is 1° cooler by day.
March in Madrid, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid CentroMadrid | 0 km N | 16° | 6° | 33 mm |
| EmbajadoresMadrid | 1 km S | 17° | 6° | 32 mm |
| LavapiésMadrid | 1 km S | 17° | 6° | 32 mm |
| RetiroMadrid | 2 km ESE | 17° | 6° | 32 mm |
| ArganzuelaMadrid | 2 km SSE | 17° | 6° | 32 mm |
| ChamberíMadrid | 2 km N | 16° | 6° | 33 mm |
| SalamancaMadrid | 2 km NE | 16° | 6° | 33 mm |
| UseraMadrid | 3 km S | 17° | 6° | 32 mm |