Bragança weather in March

In March, Bragança sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 84 mm of precipitation across 9.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Bragança's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bragança's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 84 mm; 9.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:47 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Bragança is city seat of Bragança 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 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical March day in Bragança reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 2°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)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How March really feels in Bragança

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 1 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Bragança weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 2°	104	10.5	1.3	9.3	1.6
Feb	11° / 2°	68	7.5	1.3	10.3	2.6
Mar	14° / 4°	84	9.7	0.4	11.7	4.0
Apr	16° / 6°	84	11.3	0.2	13.1	4.7
May	19° / 9°	76	10.2	0	14.3	6.2
Jun	24° / 12°	34	5.4	0	15	7.8
Jul	27° / 15°	17	3.7	0	14.7	7.8
Aug	27° / 14°	21	3.7	0	13.7	7.9
Sep	23° / 12°	49	5.4	0	12.3	7.8
Oct	17° / 9°	127	10.5	0	10.9	5.5
Nov	12° / 5°	106	11.1	0.2	9.6	3.1
Dec	9° / 3°	115	10.2	0.5	9	1.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

	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 (%)	45	44	44	45	45	45	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	48	48	48	47	47	46	45	44	44	43	43	43
Cloudier (%)	55	56	56	55	55	55	55	54	53	53	52	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	52	52	52	53	53	54	55	56	56	57	57	57

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Bragança gets around 84 mm of rain and snow over 9.7 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 31% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	35	36	36	37	38	38	38
Snow chance (%)	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	4
3	32	4
4	32	3
5	31	3
6	31	2
7	30	2
8	30	2
9	29	1
10	28	1
11	27	1
12	27	1
13	26	1
14	26	1
15	26	1
16	26	1
17	26	1
18	27	1
19	28	1
20	29	1
21	30	1
22	31	1
23	32	1
24	33	1
25	35	1
26	36	1
27	36	1
28	37	1
29	38	1
30	38	1
31	38	1

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.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	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	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:12 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:43 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)	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	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	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:12	6:09
2	11.0	7:10	6:10
3	11.0	7:09	6:11
4	11.1	7:07	6:12
5	11.1	7:06	6:13
6	11.2	7:04	6:15
7	11.2	7:02	6:16
8	11.3	7:01	6:17
9	11.3	6:59	6:18
10	11.4	6:57	6:19
11	11.4	6:56	6:20
12	11.5	6:54	6:22
13	11.5	6:52	6:23
14	11.6	6:51	6:24
15	11.6	6:49	6:25
16	11.7	6:47	6:26
17	11.7	6:45	6:27
18	11.7	6:44	6:29
19	11.8	6:42	6:30
20	11.8	6:40	6:31
21	11.9	6:38	6:32
22	11.9	6:37	6:33
23	12.0	6:35	6:34
24	12.0	6:33	6:35
25	12.1	6:31	6:36
26	12.1	6:30	6:38
27	12.2	6:28	6:39
28	12.2	6:26	6:40
29	12.3	6:24	6:41
30	12.3	6:23	6:42
31	12.4	6:21	6:43

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.53 kWh/m² to a high of 7.48 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.16 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)	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Bragança

In seasonPeak

In March, Bragança sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bragança's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Bragança?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Bragança for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bragança in March

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

In March, Bragança sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Bragança in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bragança peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	5	7	7	9	9	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

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

Air quality in Bragança in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bragança is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (November, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	9	10	12	11	8	9	19	11	11	10	6	7
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	12	Moderate
Apr	11	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Bragança?

Bragança sits at 41.8°N, 6.8°W, 664 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Chaves, 59 km away.

Topography around Bragança

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bragança has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m around an average of 674 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 881 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,062 m.

The land around Bragança is covered by trees (31%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

297 m

trees 31%

16 km

881 m

trees 49%

80 km

2,062 m

grassland 47%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

March weather nearby: Chaves 59 km · Ponferrada 83 km · Vila Nova de Foz Côa 87 km · Villafranca del Bierzo 89 km · Zamora 91 km · Custoias 91 km · Benavente 92 km · Vila Real 99 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 Bragança (41.8072°, -6.759°, elevation 664 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	13	3
6	13	3
7	13	3
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	14	4
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	14	5
23	14	5
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	15	5

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	4
3	32	4
4	32	3
5	31	3
6	31	2
7	30	2
8	30	2
9	29	1
10	28	1
11	27	1
12	27	1
13	26	1
14	26	1
15	26	1
16	26	1
17	26	1
18	27	1
19	28	1
20	29	1
21	30	1
22	31	1
23	32	1
24	33	1
25	35	1
26	36	1
27	36	1
28	37	1
29	38	1
30	38	1
31	38	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	4
3	32	4
4	32	3
5	31	3
6	31	2
7	30	2
8	30	2
9	29	1
10	28	1
11	27	1
12	27	1
13	26	1
14	26	1
15	26	1
16	26	1
17	26	1
18	27	1
19	28	1
20	29	1
21	30	1
22	31	1
23	32	1
24	33	1
25	35	1
26	36	1
27	36	1
28	37	1
29	38	1
30	38	1
31	38	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	4
3	32	4
4	32	3
5	31	3
6	31	2
7	30	2
8	30	2
9	29	1
10	28	1
11	27	1
12	27	1
13	26	1
14	26	1
15	26	1
16	26	1
17	26	1
18	27	1
19	28	1
20	29	1
21	30	1
22	31	1
23	32	1
24	33	1
25	35	1
26	36	1
27	36	1
28	37	1
29	38	1
30	38	1
31	38	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100