Balaguer weather in March

In March, Balaguer sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 5.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Balaguer's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balaguer's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
33 mm
5.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:17 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
46%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Balaguer is capital town of the municipality of Balaguer, 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 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical March day in Balaguer reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 3°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1164
2164
3164
4164
5164
6174
7174
8175
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10175
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31197

How March really feels in Balaguer

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.

Balaguer weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 304.99.33.4
Feb14° / 213.610.34.8
Mar18° / 335.611.76.6
Apr21° / 486.913.17.1
May25° / 12°456.714.37.4
Jun30° / 17°304.8155.8
Jul33° / 20°203.414.74.3
Aug32° / 19°345.113.74.6
Sep28° / 15°506.212.37.0
Oct22° / 11°52610.97.4
Nov16° / 4159.65.5
Dec12° / 29593.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26139
36139
46139
56238
66238
76337
86337
96535
106535
116634
126733
136733
146733
156733
166733
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196634
206535
216535
226535
236535
246337
256337
266337
276337
286238
296238
306238
316238

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Balaguer gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 5.6 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 18% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
115
215
316
416
516
616
716
816
916
1016
1116
1215
1315
1415
1515
1616
1716
1817
1917
2018
2118
2219
2319
2420
2520
2621
2721
2822
2922
3022
3122

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
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11100
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14100
15100
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19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:42 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 7:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:426:38
211.07:406:40
311.07:396:41
411.17:376:42
511.17:356:43
611.27:346:44
711.27:326:45
811.37:306:47
911.37:296:48
1011.47:276:49
1111.47:256:50
1211.57:246:51
1311.57:226:53
1411.67:206:54
1511.67:196:55
1611.77:176:56
1711.77:156:57
1811.77:136:58
1911.87:126:59
2011.87:107:01
2111.97:087:02
2211.97:067:03
2312.07:057:04
2412.07:037:05
2512.17:017:06
2612.16:597:07
2712.26:587:08
2812.26:567:10
2912.36:547:11
3012.36:527:12
3112.46:517:13

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.9Moderate
23.9Moderate
34.0Moderate
44.0Bright
54.1Bright
64.2Bright
74.2Bright
84.3Bright
94.3Bright
104.4Bright
114.4Bright
124.5Bright
134.5Bright
144.6Bright
154.6Bright
164.7Bright
174.7Bright
184.8Bright
194.8Bright
204.8Bright
214.9Bright
224.9Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
255.0Bright
265.1Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Balaguer?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Balaguer for sightseeing.

What to pack for Balaguer in March

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

In March, Balaguer sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Balaguer in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balaguer peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 15UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Balaguer?

Balaguer sits at 41.8°N, 0.8°E, 220 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Lleida, 25 km away.

Topography around Balaguer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balaguer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 245 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 761 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,840 m.

The land around Balaguer is covered by cropland (59%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
761 m
80 km
2,840 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Lleida 25 km · Tàrrega 32 km · Monzón 53 km · Barbastro 63 km · Valls 67 km · Igualada 71 km · Reus 75 km · Vila-seca 81 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 Balaguer (41.7912°, 0.8109°, elevation 220 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).