Alcobaça weather in March

In March, Alcobaça sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 62 mm of rain across 9.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Alcobaça's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alcobaça's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 62 mm; 9.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:55 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 8th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Alcobaça is city seat of Alcobaça municipality.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical March day in Alcobaça reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 1°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	9
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	10
8	16	10
9	16	10
10	17	10
11	17	10
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	17	10
15	17	10
16	17	10
17	17	10
18	17	10
19	17	10
20	17	10
21	17	10
22	17	10
23	17	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	11
30	18	11
31	18	11

Alcobaça weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 8°	79	10.3	9.5	3.9
Feb	15° / 9°	58	8.3	10.4	4.5
Mar	17° / 10°	62	9.3	11.7	5.6
Apr	18° / 11°	65	10.4	13	5.9
May	20° / 13°	57	8	14.1	6.8
Jun	23° / 15°	17	4.1	14.7	8.2
Jul	25° / 16°	7	2.3	14.5	8.8
Aug	25° / 17°	9	2	13.6	8.7
Sep	24° / 16°	38	5.4	12.3	8.0
Oct	21° / 14°	88	9.9	10.9	6.6
Nov	17° / 11°	90	11.4	9.8	5.2
Dec	14° / 9°	82	10.1	9.3	4.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	47	46	46	46	46	47	47	49	50	51	52	53	55	56	57	58	58	58	59	58	58	56	56	55	55	54	54	53	52	52	52
Cloudier (%)	53	54	54	54	54	53	53	51	50	49	48	47	45	44	43	42	42	42	41	42	42	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	48	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	53	47
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Alcobaça gets around 62 mm of rain over 9.3 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 30% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	31	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	33	33	34	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	27
18	27
19	28
20	28
21	29
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	32
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	34
31	34

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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in March

Winds average 15 km/h in March.

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
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16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 78 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:18 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:51 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:31
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:18	6:20
2	11.1	7:17	6:21
3	11.1	7:15	6:22
4	11.2	7:14	6:23
5	11.2	7:12	6:24
6	11.2	7:11	6:25
7	11.3	7:09	6:26
8	11.3	7:08	6:27
9	11.4	7:06	6:29
10	11.4	7:05	6:30
11	11.5	7:03	6:31
12	11.5	7:02	6:32
13	11.5	7:00	6:33
14	11.6	6:58	6:34
15	11.6	6:57	6:35
16	11.7	6:55	6:36
17	11.7	6:54	6:37
18	11.8	6:52	6:38
19	11.8	6:50	6:39
20	11.9	6:49	6:40
21	11.9	6:47	6:41
22	11.9	6:45	6:42
23	12.0	6:44	6:43
24	12.0	6:42	6:44
25	12.1	6:40	6:45
26	12.1	6:39	6:46
27	12.2	6:37	6:47
28	12.2	6:36	6:48
29	12.3	6:34	6:49
30	12.3	6:32	6:50
31	12.3	6:31	6:51

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.45 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Alcobaça?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Alcobaça for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alcobaça in March

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

In March, Alcobaça sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Alcobaça in March

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	15	16	18	18	19	19	18	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	19	Cool
Sep	19	Cool
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Alcobaça 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 Alcobaça peaks around July 14 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	6	7	7	9	9	8	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Alcobaça?

Alcobaça sits at 39.6°N, 9.0°W, 38 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Caldas da Rainha, 22 km away.

Topography around Alcobaça

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alcobaça has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 611 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 865 m.

The land around Alcobaça is covered by trees (53%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), water (27%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

177 m

trees 53%

16 km

611 m

trees 49%

80 km

865 m

trees 38%

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← February Alcobaça year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Caldas da Rainha 22 km · Marinha Grande 22 km · Monsanto 25 km · Leiria 26 km · Torres Novas 38 km · Peniche 41 km · Santarém 43 km · Entroncamento 45 km

Portugal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $32,082; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 8.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 612
Religion

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 Alcobaça (39.5522°, -8.9775°, elevation 38 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	9
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	10
8	16	10
9	16	10
10	17	10
11	17	10
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	17	10
15	17	10
16	17	10
17	17	10
18	17	10
19	17	10
20	17	10
21	17	10
22	17	10
23	17	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	11
30	18	11
31	18	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	53	47
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	27
18	27
19	28
20	28
21	29
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	32
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	9
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	10
8	16	10
9	16	10
10	17	10
11	17	10
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	17	10
15	17	10
16	17	10
17	17	10
18	17	10
19	17	10
20	17	10
21	17	10
22	17	10
23	17	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	11
30	18	11
31	18	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	53	47
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	27
18	27
19	28
20	28
21	29
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	32
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	9
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	10
8	16	10
9	16	10
10	17	10
11	17	10
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	17	10
15	17	10
16	17	10
17	17	10
18	17	10
19	17	10
20	17	10
21	17	10
22	17	10
23	17	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	11
30	18	11
31	18	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	53	47
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	27
18	27
19	28
20	28
21	29
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	32
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5