Badajoz weather in March

In March, Badajoz sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 45 mm of rain across 6.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°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 hours at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Badajoz's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Badajoz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
6.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:47 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover
53%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Badajoz is city in Extremadura, capital of Badajoz Municipality, Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 6.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1230

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 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical March day in Badajoz reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°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)
1167
2177
3177
4177
5177
6177
7177
8187
9188
10188
11188
12188
13188
14198
15198
16198
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21198
22198
23199
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26199
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31199

How March really feels in Badajoz

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.

Badajoz weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 467.39.64.0
Feb15° / 415.810.55.1
Mar18° / 456.611.76.5
Apr20° / 10°437.3136.8
May25° / 13°376.714.17.5
Jun30° / 16°112.414.76.5
Jul33° / 19°20.814.44.6
Aug33° / 19°41.213.54.6
Sep29° / 16°233.812.36.8
Oct23° / 13°667.6117.2
Nov17° / 607.39.95.8
Dec14° / 597.49.34.2

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 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34852
44753
54753
64951
74951
85050
95248
105347
115446
125545
135545
145644
155743
165842
175941
185941
195842
205842
215743
225743
235545
245545
255347
265347
275248
285149
295149
305050
315050

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Badajoz gets around 45 mm of rain over 6.6 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 22% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
122
222
322
422
522
622
722
822
921
1021
1121
1220
1320
1420
1520
1620
1720
1820
1920
2021
2121
2221
2322
2422
2523
2624
2724
2824
2925
3025
3125

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
13991
14991
15991
16991
17991
18991
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25991
26991
27991
28991
29991
30991
31991

Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
1410calm
1510calm
1610calm
1710calm
1810calm
1910calm
2010calm
2111calm
2211calm
2311calm
2411calm
2511calm
2611calm
2711calm
2811calm
2911calm
3011calm
3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 78 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 8:10 AM to 7:23 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.08:107:13
211.18:087:14
311.18:077:15
411.28:057:16
511.28:047:17
611.38:027:18
711.38:017:19
811.37:597:20
911.47:587:21
1011.47:567:22
1111.57:557:23
1211.57:537:24
1311.67:527:25
1411.67:507:26
1511.67:497:27
1611.77:477:28
1711.77:457:29
1811.87:447:30
1911.87:427:31
2011.97:417:32
2111.97:397:33
2211.97:377:34
2312.07:367:35
2412.07:347:36
2512.17:337:37
2612.17:317:38
2712.27:297:39
2812.27:287:40
2912.27:267:41
3012.37:247:42
3112.37:237:43

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.58 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.8Moderate
23.9Moderate
33.9Moderate
44.0Moderate
54.0Bright
64.1Bright
74.2Bright
84.2Bright
94.3Bright
104.3Bright
114.4Bright
124.5Bright
134.5Bright
144.6Bright
154.6Bright
164.7Bright
174.7Bright
184.8Bright
194.8Bright
204.8Bright
214.9Bright
224.9Bright
234.9Bright
244.9Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Badajoz?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Badajoz for sightseeing.

What to pack for Badajoz in March

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

In March, Badajoz sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Badajoz in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Badajoz peaks around July 14 at about 9 (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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 9Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Badajoz?

Badajoz sits at 38.9°N, 7.0°W, 192 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Montijo, 31 km away.

Topography around Badajoz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Badajoz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 179 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 893 m.

The land around Badajoz is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
167 m
80 km
893 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Montijo 31 km · Almendralejo 53 km · Mérida 55 km · Portalegre 61 km · Zafra 70 km · Cáceres 84 km · Évora 88 km · Don Benito 96 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 Badajoz (38.8779°, -6.9706°, elevation 192 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).