Cadiz weather in March

In March, Cadiz sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 65 mm of rain across 7.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-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 49% 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 Cadiz's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cadiz's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 65 mm; 7.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:43 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 9th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Cadiz is innhabited place in Cádiz, Spain.

Air quality: Moderate; PM10 35.8 µg/m³ · 2010
Founded: ~1103 BCE

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

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

A typical March day in Cadiz reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 1°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Cadiz weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 10°	74	8	9.8	5.3
Feb	16° / 11°	64	6.5	10.6	5.6
Mar	18° / 12°	65	7.5	11.7	6.4
Apr	19° / 14°	57	6.5	12.9	7.0
May	22° / 16°	32	4.7	13.9	7.9
Jun	25° / 19°	7	1.3	14.4	9.0
Jul	28° / 21°	1	0.2	14.2	8.7
Aug	28° / 22°	3	0.4	13.4	8.3
Sep	26° / 20°	27	3.5	12.2	8.3
Oct	23° / 17°	84	8	11.1	7.4
Nov	19° / 14°	88	7.9	10.1	6.6
Dec	17° / 11°	100	8.3	9.6	5.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 36%.

	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 (%)	62	62	61	61	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	65	64	65	65	66	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	38	38	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	35	36	35	35	34	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Cadiz gets around 65 mm of rain over 7.5 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 24% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24

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

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 90% 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 (%)	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89
Comfortable (%)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	89	11

Wind in March

Winds average 18 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	18	light breeze
16	18	light breeze
17	18	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	light breeze

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 8:05 AM to 7:21 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 7:39 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	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:05	8:03	8:02	8:01	7:59	7:58	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:52	7:51	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:21
Sunset (PM)	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	8:05	7:12
2	11.2	8:03	7:13
3	11.2	8:02	7:14
4	11.2	8:01	7:15
5	11.3	7:59	7:16
6	11.3	7:58	7:17
7	11.4	7:56	7:18
8	11.4	7:55	7:19
9	11.4	7:54	7:20
10	11.5	7:52	7:21
11	11.5	7:51	7:22
12	11.6	7:49	7:23
13	11.6	7:48	7:23
14	11.6	7:46	7:24
15	11.7	7:45	7:25
16	11.7	7:43	7:26
17	11.8	7:42	7:27
18	11.8	7:40	7:28
19	11.8	7:39	7:29
20	11.9	7:38	7:30
21	11.9	7:36	7:31
22	12.0	7:34	7:32
23	12.0	7:33	7:32
24	12.0	7:31	7:33
25	12.1	7:30	7:34
26	12.1	7:28	7:35
27	12.1	7:27	7:36
28	12.2	7:25	7:37
29	12.2	7:24	7:38
30	12.3	7:22	7:39
31	12.3	7:21	7:39

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 5.02 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)	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Cadiz

In seasonPeak

In March, Cadiz sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Cadiz's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Cadiz?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Cadiz for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cadiz in March

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

In March, Cadiz sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Cadiz in March

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 13 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 8 to Oct 21 — about 4.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	16	17	18	21	23	23	22	20	18	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	23	Refreshing
Aug	23	Refreshing
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Cadiz 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 Cadiz peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	7	8	7	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Cadiz?

Cadiz sits at 36.5°N, 6.3°W, 22 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Puerto Real, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Cadiz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cadiz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,254 m.

The land around Cadiz is covered by water (80%) within 3 km, water (65%) within 16 km, and water (38%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

31 m

water 80%

16 km

107 m

water 65%

80 km

1,254 m

water 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

March weather nearby: Puerto Real 9.0 km · El Puerto de Santa María 9.0 km · San Fernando 10 km · Rota 12 km · Chiclana de la Frontera 18 km · Jerez de la Frontera 22 km · Chipiona 27 km · Sanlúcar de Barrameda 29 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 Cadiz (36.5267°, -6.2891°, elevation 22 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	89	11