Antequera weather in March

In March, Antequera sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 8.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-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 41% 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 Antequera's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Antequera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 61 mm; 8.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:37 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 9th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Antequera is municipal capital of Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia, 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

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

A typical March day in Antequera reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°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)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8

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

Antequera weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 4°	57	8.1	9.7	3.8
Feb	14° / 5°	51	7.5	10.6	4.4
Mar	16° / 7°	61	8.1	11.7	5.6
Apr	19° / 9°	53	8	12.9	6.4
May	22° / 12°	37	6.3	14	7.6
Jun	27° / 16°	13	1.8	14.5	8.2
Jul	30° / 18°	3	0.4	14.3	6.7
Aug	30° / 18°	6	1	13.4	6.6
Sep	26° / 16°	35	4.5	12.3	7.9
Oct	21° / 12°	62	7.5	11	7.1
Nov	16° / 8°	74	7.6	10	5.6
Dec	14° / 5°	72	7.9	9.5	4.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 44%.

	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 (%)	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	57	58	58	59	58	58	59	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	55
Cloudier (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	42	42	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Antequera gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 28% 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 (%)	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

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

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

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
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16	9	calm
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18	9	calm
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28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

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 7:58 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 7:33 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)	7:58	7:57	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:46	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	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:14
Sunset (PM)	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:58	7:05
2	11.1	7:57	7:06
3	11.2	7:55	7:07
4	11.2	7:54	7:08
5	11.3	7:53	7:09
6	11.3	7:51	7:10
7	11.3	7:50	7:11
8	11.4	7:48	7:12
9	11.4	7:47	7:13
10	11.5	7:46	7:13
11	11.5	7:44	7:14
12	11.5	7:43	7:15
13	11.6	7:41	7:16
14	11.6	7:40	7:17
15	11.7	7:38	7:18
16	11.7	7:37	7:19
17	11.7	7:35	7:20
18	11.8	7:34	7:21
19	11.8	7:32	7:22
20	11.9	7:31	7:23
21	11.9	7:29	7:24
22	11.9	7:28	7:25
23	12.0	7:26	7:25
24	12.0	7:25	7:26
25	12.1	7:23	7:27
26	12.1	7:21	7:28
27	12.2	7:20	7:29
28	12.2	7:18	7:30
29	12.2	7:17	7:31
30	12.3	7:15	7:32
31	12.3	7:14	7:33

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.27 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.85 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)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	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	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5
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	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Antequera?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Antequera for sightseeing.

What to pack for Antequera in March

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

In March, Antequera sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Antequera 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 at the nearest coast (about 47 km away) is warmest in August at about 23°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 19 to Oct 9 — about 3.7 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	20	22	23	22	20	17	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	20	Cool
Jul	22	Refreshing
Aug	23	Refreshing
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	20	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Antequera 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 Antequera 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 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	7	8	8	9	11	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Antequera 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 Antequera is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 8 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	13	15	12	10	10	12	13	12	11	8	8
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	12	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Antequera?

Antequera sits at 37.0°N, 4.6°W, 519 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Cártama, 35 km away.

Topography around Antequera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Antequera has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m around an average of 534 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,075 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,063 m.

The land around Antequera is covered by grassland (35%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (34%), cropland (31%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

321 m

grassland 35%

16 km

1,075 m

grassland 34%

80 km

2,063 m

trees 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

March weather nearby: Cártama 35 km · Malaga 36 km · Alhaurín de la Torre 40 km · Loja 40 km · Rincón de la Victoria 42 km · Alhaurín el Grande 43 km · Coín 44 km · Lucena 44 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 Antequera (37.0194°, -4.5612°, elevation 519 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. 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	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	8
31	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

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

	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