Vila Real weather in March

In March, Vila Real sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 89 mm of rain across 10 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 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Vila Real's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vila Real's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 89 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:51 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Vila Real is city seat of Vila Real municipality.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 3.6 µg/m³ · 2010

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 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Vila Real reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 20°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)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Vila Real 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 3°	112	10.9	0.5	9.4	2.1
Feb	12° / 3°	76	8.3	0.5	10.3	3.1
Mar	15° / 5°	89	10	0	11.7	4.4
Apr	16° / 7°	92	11.8	0	13.1	4.9
May	19° / 9°	80	11.3	0	14.3	6.1
Jun	23° / 12°	34	6.5	0	14.9	7.6
Jul	26° / 14°	19	3.6	0	14.7	8.2
Aug	27° / 14°	22	4.6	0	13.7	8.0
Sep	23° / 13°	50	6.5	0	12.3	7.6
Oct	18° / 10°	126	11.1	0	10.9	5.7
Nov	13° / 6°	112	11.6	0.1	9.7	3.4
Dec	10° / 4°	123	10.6	0.2	9.1	2.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	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 (%)	44	43	43	43	43	43	44	45	46	46	46	48	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	44	43	43	42	43	42	42
Cloudier (%)	56	57	57	57	57	57	56	55	54	54	54	52	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	57	57	58	57	58	58

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Vila Real gets around 89 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	39	39	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	29
18	29
19	30
20	31
21	32
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

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 8 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 84 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:13 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)	11.0	11.0	11.1	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	11.8	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)	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:25
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:15	6:13
2	11.0	7:14	6:14
3	11.1	7:12	6:15
4	11.1	7:11	6:17
5	11.1	7:09	6:18
6	11.2	7:07	6:19
7	11.2	7:06	6:20
8	11.3	7:04	6:21
9	11.3	7:03	6:22
10	11.4	7:01	6:24
11	11.4	6:59	6:25
12	11.5	6:58	6:26
13	11.5	6:56	6:27
14	11.6	6:54	6:28
15	11.6	6:53	6:29
16	11.7	6:51	6:30
17	11.7	6:49	6:31
18	11.8	6:47	6:33
19	11.8	6:46	6:34
20	11.8	6:44	6:35
21	11.9	6:42	6:36
22	11.9	6:41	6:37
23	12.0	6:39	6:38
24	12.0	6:37	6:39
25	12.1	6:35	6:40
26	12.1	6:34	6:41
27	12.2	6:32	6:43
28	12.2	6:30	6:44
29	12.3	6:28	6:45
30	12.3	6:27	6:46
31	12.4	6:25	6:47

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.25 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.03 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	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	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

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

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Vila Real

In seasonPeak

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

Vila Real'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 Vila Real?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Vila Real for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vila Real in March

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

In March, Vila Real sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Vila Real 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 Vila Real peaks around July 13 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	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

Location & terrain

Where is Vila Real?

Vila Real sits at 41.3°N, 7.7°W, 462 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Baião, 29 km away.

Topography around Vila Real

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vila Real has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 399 m around an average of 436 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,363 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,516 m.

The land around Vila Real is covered by trees (45%), grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and trees (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

399 m

trees 45%

16 km

1,363 m

grassland 56%

80 km

1,516 m

grassland 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

March weather nearby: Baião 29 km · Cabeceiras de Basto 31 km · Felgueiras 38 km · Fafe 40 km · Custoias 41 km · Guimarães 49 km · Paredes 50 km · Chaves 54 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 Vila Real (41.3001°, -7.7432°, elevation 462 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. 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	29
18	29
19	30
20	31
21	32
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	29
18	29
19	30
20	31
21	32
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	29
18	29
19	30
20	31
21	32
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	39
30	39
31	39

	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