Arrecife weather in March

In March, Arrecife sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 9 mm of rain across 1.8 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in March, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Arrecife's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arrecife's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
11th warmest
Overnight low
17°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
1.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
7:10 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
40%
4th clearest
Wind
26 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Arrecife is capital town of the municipality of Arrecife, Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³ · 2019

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical March day in Arrecife reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Arrecife weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 17°122.310.47.1
Feb18° / 16°122.5116.9
Mar18° / 17°91.811.87.2
Apr18° / 17°30.812.77.5
May19° / 18°10.313.47.7
Jun20° / 19°00.113.88.1
Jul21° / 21°0013.78.5
Aug22° / 21°00138.8
Sep23° / 22°30.412.28.7
Oct22° / 21°111.811.38.3
Nov21° / 20°122.210.67.7
Dec19° / 18°192.810.27.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
27129
37129
47129
57129
67030
77228
87228
97228
107228
117327
127327
137426
147426
157426
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Arrecife gets around 9 mm of rain over 1.8 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 6% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
17
27
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47
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315

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the comfortable band about 47% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
151427
250428
349438
448439
547449
646459
7444610
8434710
9424810
10414910
11395110
12385111
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Wind in March

Winds average 26 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 25 km/h on the calmest days to 27 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
127breezy
227breezy
327breezy
427breezy
527breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:27 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 7:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:276:48
211.47:266:49
311.47:256:49
411.47:246:50
511.57:236:51
611.57:226:51
711.57:216:52
811.57:196:52
911.67:186:53
1011.67:176:54
1111.67:166:54
1211.77:156:55
1311.77:146:56
1411.77:136:56
1511.87:116:57
1611.87:106:57
1711.87:096:58
1811.87:086:59
1911.97:076:59
2011.97:067:00
2111.97:047:00
2212.07:037:01
2312.07:027:01
2412.07:017:02
2512.17:007:03
2612.16:587:03
2712.16:577:04
2812.16:567:04
2912.26:557:05
3012.26:537:06
3112.26:527:06

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.75 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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95.5Bright
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125.6Bright
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145.7Bright
155.8Bright
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185.9Bright
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205.9Bright
216.0Bright
226.0Bright
236.0Intense
246.0Intense
256.1Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Arrecife

In seasonPeak

None of Arrecife's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Arrecife sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Arrecife?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Arrecife for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Arrecife in March

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

In March, Arrecife sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: sun protection and a windbreaker.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Arrecife in March

The nearest coast averages about 18°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 September at about 23°C and coldest in March near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Dec 16 — about 6.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

16°18°20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan19Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar18Cool
Apr19Cool
May20Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul22Refreshing
Aug22Refreshing
Sep23Refreshing
Oct23Refreshing
Nov21Refreshing
Dec20Refreshing

UV index in Arrecife in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arrecife peaks around July 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 17UV 11Dec 17UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar9Very high
Apr10Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Arrecife?

Arrecife sits at 29.0°N, 13.5°W, 20 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is San Bartolomé, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Arrecife

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arrecife has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 596 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 670 m.

The land around Arrecife is covered by water (49%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (56%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and water (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
596 m
80 km
670 m
grasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: San Bartolomé 8.0 km · Tías 9.0 km · Teguise 11 km · Puerto del Carmen 12 km · Yaiza 21 km · La Oliva 54 km · Puerto del Rosario 60 km · Pájara 87 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 Arrecife (28.963°, -13.5477°, elevation 20 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).