Quarteira weather in March

In March, Quarteira sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 53 mm of rain across 6.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Quarteira's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quarteira's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 53 mm; 6.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:51 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 7th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Quarteira is city in Loulé municipality, Portugal.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical March day in Quarteira reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°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	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Quarteira weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 12°	55	7.2	9.7	4.9
Feb	15° / 12°	47	5.5	10.6	5.1
Mar	16° / 13°	53	6.5	11.7	5.7
Apr	17° / 14°	42	5.7	12.9	6.4
May	19° / 16°	24	4.5	14	7.4
Jun	22° / 18°	5	0.9	14.5	8.9
Jul	24° / 20°	0	0.1	14.3	9.6
Aug	25° / 20°	2	0.3	13.4	9.5
Sep	23° / 19°	19	2.7	12.3	8.6
Oct	20° / 17°	67	6.6	11	7.1
Nov	18° / 15°	70	7.3	10	6.3
Dec	16° / 13°	90	7.7	9.5	5.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

	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 (%)	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	63	63	64	64	65	66	67	68	68	68	69	68	69	68	69	68	68	67	67	66	66	66	66	66
Cloudier (%)	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	37	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	32	32	31	32	31	32	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Quarteira gets around 53 mm of rain over 6.5 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 20% and peaks near 23% 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 (%)	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	19

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

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 89% 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 (%)	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	85
Comfortable (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	85	15

Wind in March

Winds average 20 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min 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 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:12 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:47 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)	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	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	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:28
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:12	6:19
2	11.1	7:11	6:20
3	11.2	7:10	6:21
4	11.2	7:08	6:22
5	11.3	7:07	6:23
6	11.3	7:05	6:24
7	11.3	7:04	6:25
8	11.4	7:03	6:26
9	11.4	7:01	6:27
10	11.5	7:00	6:28
11	11.5	6:58	6:29
12	11.5	6:57	6:30
13	11.6	6:55	6:30
14	11.6	6:54	6:31
15	11.7	6:52	6:32
16	11.7	6:51	6:33
17	11.7	6:49	6:34
18	11.8	6:48	6:35
19	11.8	6:46	6:36
20	11.9	6:45	6:37
21	11.9	6:43	6:38
22	11.9	6:42	6:39
23	12.0	6:40	6:40
24	12.0	6:39	6:41
25	12.1	6:37	6:41
26	12.1	6:36	6:42
27	12.2	6:34	6:43
28	12.2	6:33	6:44
29	12.2	6:31	6:45
30	12.3	6:29	6:46
31	12.3	6:28	6:47

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 5.02 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)	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Quarteira?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Quarteira for sightseeing.

What to pack for Quarteira in March

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

In March, Quarteira sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Quarteira in March

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 21°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 18 to Oct 2 — about 2.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	15	16	17	19	20	21	21	20	18	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	20	Refreshing
Aug	21	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	20	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Quarteira in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Quarteira peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	7	8	7	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Quarteira?

Quarteira sits at 37.1°N, 8.1°W, 23 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Loulé, 10 km away.

Topography around Quarteira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Quarteira has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 894 m.

The land around Quarteira is covered by water (41%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, water (43%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

water 41%

16 km

371 m

water 43%

80 km

894 m

water 39%

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

March weather nearby: Loulé 10 km · Albufeira 13 km · Faro 16 km · Olhão 23 km · Quelfes 25 km · Laranjeiro 26 km · Portimão 40 km · Tavira 41 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 Quarteira (37.0695°, -8.1006°, elevation 23 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	12
2	15	12
3	16	12
4	16	12
5	16	12
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	13
9	16	13
10	16	13
11	16	13
12	16	13
13	16	13
14	16	13
15	16	13
16	16	13
17	16	13
18	16	13
19	16	13
20	16	13
21	16	13
22	16	13
23	16	13
24	16	13
25	16	13
26	16	13
27	16	13
28	17	13
29	17	13
30	17	13
31	17	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	85	15