Cuenca weather in March

In March, Cuenca sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 8.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Cuenca's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cuenca's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 56 mm; 8.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:28 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Cuenca is city in the municipality of Cuenca, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 24.6 µg/m³ · 2019

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 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Cuenca reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°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)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How March really feels in Cuenca

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 15 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Cuenca weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 0°	49	8.2	2	9.5	1.9
Feb	11° / 1°	44	7.9	2.3	10.4	2.7
Mar	14° / 3°	56	8.7	1.2	11.7	4.3
Apr	16° / 5°	66	9.8	0.5	13	5.2
May	21° / 9°	57	9	0	14.2	6.7
Jun	27° / 14°	32	5.8	0	14.8	7.4
Jul	31° / 17°	10	2.1	0	14.6	5.9
Aug	30° / 17°	18	3.7	0	13.6	6.0
Sep	25° / 13°	36	6	0	12.3	7.6
Oct	19° / 8°	67	8.8	0	10.9	6.2
Nov	13° / 4°	62	8.5	0.5	9.8	3.6
Dec	9° / 1°	58	8.5	1.3	9.2	2.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	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 (%)	49	49	49	49	49	50	51	51	52	52	54	55	55	56	56	56	56	55	55	53	53	51	51	50	49	49	47	47	47	47	47
Cloudier (%)	51	51	51	51	51	50	49	49	48	48	46	45	45	44	44	44	44	45	45	47	47	49	49	50	51	51	53	53	53	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	50	50
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Cuenca gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 8.7 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 28% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	33	33	33	33
Snow chance (%)	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	9
2	29	8
3	28	8
4	28	7
5	28	6
6	27	6
7	27	5
8	26	5
9	26	4
10	25	4
11	25	3
12	24	3
13	24	3
14	24	2
15	24	2
16	25	2
17	26	2
18	26	2
19	27	3
20	28	3
21	28	3
22	29	3
23	29	4
24	30	4
25	31	4
26	31	4
27	32	4
28	33	4
29	33	4
30	33	4
31	33	4

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

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 84 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:52 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:24 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)	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	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	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:52	7:50	7:49	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:38	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03
Sunset (PM)	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:52	6:52
2	11.1	7:50	6:53
3	11.1	7:49	6:54
4	11.1	7:47	6:55
5	11.2	7:46	6:56
6	11.2	7:44	6:58
7	11.3	7:42	6:59
8	11.3	7:41	7:00
9	11.4	7:39	7:01
10	11.4	7:38	7:02
11	11.4	7:36	7:03
12	11.5	7:35	7:04
13	11.5	7:33	7:05
14	11.6	7:31	7:06
15	11.6	7:30	7:07
16	11.7	7:28	7:08
17	11.7	7:26	7:09
18	11.8	7:25	7:10
19	11.8	7:23	7:12
20	11.9	7:21	7:13
21	11.9	7:20	7:14
22	11.9	7:18	7:15
23	12.0	7:16	7:16
24	12.0	7:15	7:17
25	12.1	7:13	7:18
26	12.1	7:11	7:19
27	12.2	7:10	7:20
28	12.2	7:08	7:21
29	12.3	7:06	7:22
30	12.3	7:05	7:23
31	12.4	7:03	7:24

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.91 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.54 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)	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.8	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Cuenca?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Cuenca for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cuenca in March

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

In March, Cuenca sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

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UV index in Cuenca 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 Cuenca peaks around July 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (low).

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	6	7	7	9	11	8	7	4	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Cuenca?

Cuenca sits at 40.1°N, 2.1°W, 941 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Tarancón, 75 km away.

Topography around Cuenca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cuenca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m around an average of 988 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 560 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,370 m.

The land around Cuenca is covered by cropland (26%), trees (23%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

331 m

cropland 26%

16 km

560 m

trees 46%

80 km

1,370 m

trees 42%

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

March weather nearby: Tarancón 75 km · Teruel 93 km · La Roda 96 km · Villarrobledo 97 km · Guadalajara 107 km · Requena 109 km · Azuqueca de Henares 111 km · Campo de Criptana 112 km

Spain travel facts

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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
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cuenca (40.0667°, -2.1333°, elevation 941 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	50	50
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	9
2	29	8
3	28	8
4	28	7
5	28	6
6	27	6
7	27	5
8	26	5
9	26	4
10	25	4
11	25	3
12	24	3
13	24	3
14	24	2
15	24	2
16	25	2
17	26	2
18	26	2
19	27	3
20	28	3
21	28	3
22	29	3
23	29	4
24	30	4
25	31	4
26	31	4
27	32	4
28	33	4
29	33	4
30	33	4
31	33	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	50	50
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	9
2	29	8
3	28	8
4	28	7
5	28	6
6	27	6
7	27	5
8	26	5
9	26	4
10	25	4
11	25	3
12	24	3
13	24	3
14	24	2
15	24	2
16	25	2
17	26	2
18	26	2
19	27	3
20	28	3
21	28	3
22	29	3
23	29	4
24	30	4
25	31	4
26	31	4
27	32	4
28	33	4
29	33	4
30	33	4
31	33	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	50	50
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	9
2	29	8
3	28	8
4	28	7
5	28	6
6	27	6
7	27	5
8	26	5
9	26	4
10	25	4
11	25	3
12	24	3
13	24	3
14	24	2
15	24	2
16	25	2
17	26	2
18	26	2
19	27	3
20	28	3
21	28	3
22	29	3
23	29	4
24	30	4
25	31	4
26	31	4
27	32	4
28	33	4
29	33	4
30	33	4
31	33	4

	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