Alcalá la Real weather in March

In March, Alcalá la Real sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 71 mm of precipitation across 9.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 Alcalá la Real's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alcalá la Real's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
71 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:34 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
53%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Alcalá la Real is capital of Alcalá la Real Municipality, Spain.

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical March day in Alcalá la Real reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1144
2154
3154
4154
5154
6154
7154
8164
9164
10164
11165
12165
13165
14165
15165
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28176
29176
30176
31176

How March really feels in Alcalá la Real

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Alcalá la Real weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 678.70.89.73.2
Feb13° / 6490.610.63.9
Mar16° / 719.40.211.75.3
Apr18° / 6810.2012.96.0
May23° / 11°527.80147.3
Jun28° / 15°223.5014.57.5
Jul32° / 18°31.2014.35.6
Aug32° / 18°82.2013.45.5
Sep27° / 15°385.4012.37.4
Oct21° / 11°638.40116.9
Nov15° / 759.20.1104.9
Dec13° / 798.90.29.53.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34852
44852
54852
64951
74951
85050
95248
105347
115347
125446
135545
145545
155545
165644
175644
185545
195545
205347
215347
225248
235149
245050
254951
264852
274753
284753
294753
304852
314852

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Alcalá la Real gets around 71 mm of rain and snow over 9.4 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 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1332
2332
3332
4322
5322
6312
7312
8301
9291
10291
11281
12281
13271
14270
15270
16280
17280
18280
19290
20290
21300
22300
23310
24310
25320
26330
27330
28340
29340
30340
31340

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 7:56 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 7:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:567:02
211.17:557:03
311.27:537:04
411.27:527:05
511.37:517:06
611.37:497:07
711.37:487:08
811.47:467:09
911.47:457:10
1011.57:437:11
1111.57:427:12
1211.57:407:13
1311.67:397:14
1411.67:377:15
1511.77:367:15
1611.77:347:16
1711.77:337:17
1811.87:317:18
1911.87:307:19
2011.97:287:20
2111.97:277:21
2211.97:257:22
2312.07:247:23
2412.07:227:24
2512.17:207:25
2612.17:197:26
2712.27:177:27
2812.27:167:27
2912.27:147:28
3012.37:137:29
3112.37:117:30

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.22 kWh/m² to a high of 7.97 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Bright
24.1Bright
34.1Bright
44.2Bright
54.3Bright
64.3Bright
74.4Bright
84.4Bright
94.5Bright
104.5Bright
114.6Bright
124.7Bright
134.7Bright
144.8Bright
154.8Bright
164.9Bright
174.9Bright
184.9Bright
195.0Bright
205.0Bright
215.0Bright
225.1Bright
235.1Bright
245.1Bright
255.2Bright
265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Alcalá la Real?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Alcalá la Real for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alcalá la Real in March

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

In March, Alcalá la Real sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Alcalá la Real 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 Alcalá la Real peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Alcalá la Real?

Alcalá la Real sits at 37.5°N, 3.9°W, 918 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Priego de Córdoba, 24 km away.

Topography around Alcalá la Real

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alcalá la Real has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m around an average of 918 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,137 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,447 m.

The land around Alcalá la Real is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (71%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
249 m
16 km
1,137 m
80 km
3,447 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Priego de Córdoba 24 km · Martos 29 km · Atarfe 34 km · Albolote 35 km · Santafé 35 km · Jaén 36 km · Maracena 38 km · Loja 38 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
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

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 Alcalá la Real (37.4614°, -3.923°, elevation 918 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).