Águilas weather in March

In March, Águilas sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 28 mm of precipitation across 4.3 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 52% 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 Águilas's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Águilas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 28 mm; 4.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:25 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 8th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Águilas is capital of Águilas Municipality, Spain.

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 Águilas reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12

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

Águilas 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° / 9°	28	4.6	9.7	5.1
Feb	15° / 9°	23	4.1	10.6	5.3
Mar	16° / 11°	28	4.3	11.7	6.2
Apr	18° / 13°	23	4.3	12.9	7.0
May	21° / 16°	18	2.8	14	8.0
Jun	25° / 20°	6	1.3	14.5	8.9
Jul	27° / 22°	2	0.2	14.3	8.8
Aug	28° / 23°	8	1.8	13.4	8.0
Sep	25° / 20°	34	3.9	12.3	8.1
Oct	22° / 17°	29	4.9	11	7.6
Nov	18° / 13°	31	5.6	10	6.6
Dec	15° / 10°	26	4.5	9.5	5.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

	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 (%)	65	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	68	68
Cloudier (%)	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	32	32

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Águilas gets around 28 mm of rain and snow over 4.3 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 13% and peaks near 15% 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 (%)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12

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

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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

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 7:47 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:21 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)	7:47	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02
Sunset (PM)	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:47	6:52
2	11.1	7:45	6:53
3	11.2	7:44	6:54
4	11.2	7:43	6:55
5	11.3	7:41	6:56
6	11.3	7:40	6:57
7	11.3	7:38	6:58
8	11.4	7:37	6:59
9	11.4	7:35	7:00
10	11.5	7:34	7:01
11	11.5	7:32	7:02
12	11.5	7:31	7:03
13	11.6	7:29	7:04
14	11.6	7:28	7:05
15	11.7	7:26	7:06
16	11.7	7:25	7:07
17	11.7	7:23	7:08
18	11.8	7:22	7:09
19	11.8	7:20	7:10
20	11.9	7:19	7:11
21	11.9	7:17	7:12
22	11.9	7:16	7:13
23	12.0	7:14	7:14
24	12.0	7:13	7:14
25	12.1	7:11	7:15
26	12.1	7:10	7:16
27	12.2	7:08	7:17
28	12.2	7:06	7:18
29	12.2	7:05	7:19
30	12.3	7:03	7:20
31	12.3	7:02	7:21

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.65 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.93 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	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6
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	4.5	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Águilas?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

1.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Águilas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Águilas in March

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

In March, Águilas sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Águilas 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 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 2 to Nov 1 — about 5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	16	18	21	24	26	24	22	19	16
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Águilas 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 Águilas peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (low).

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)	3	3	7	8	7	9	10	8	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Águilas?

Águilas sits at 37.4°N, 1.6°W, 23 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Lorca, 31 km away.

Topography around Águilas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Águilas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 813 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,044 m.

The land around Águilas is covered by water (41%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, water (47%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (30%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

131 m

water 41%

16 km

813 m

water 47%

80 km

2,044 m

grassland 30%

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

March weather nearby: Lorca 31 km · Huercal-Overa 32 km · Mazarrón 32 km · Antas 35 km · Totana 41 km · Alhama de Murcia 51 km · Cartagena 57 km · Barrio de Peral 58 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
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 Águilas (37.4063°, -1.5829°, 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	16	10
2	16	10
3	16	10
4	16	10
5	16	10
6	16	10
7	16	10
8	16	10
9	16	10
10	16	11
11	16	11
12	16	11
13	16	11
14	16	11
15	16	11
16	16	11
17	16	11
18	17	11
19	17	11
20	17	11
21	17	11
22	17	11
23	17	11
24	17	11
25	17	11
26	17	11
27	17	12
28	17	12
29	17	12
30	17	12
31	17	12

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1