Estepona weather in March

In March, Estepona sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 8.1 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 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 Estepona's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Estepona's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 82 mm; 8.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:39 AM – 7:22 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 11th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Estepona is capital of Estepona Municipality, Spain.

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 16°C through the month.

A typical March day in Estepona reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°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)	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Estepona 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	14° / 8°	83	8.7	9.8	4.3
Feb	15° / 9°	73	7.7	10.6	4.6
Mar	16° / 10°	82	8.1	11.7	5.5
Apr	18° / 12°	61	7.9	12.9	6.3
May	21° / 14°	38	5.7	13.9	7.5
Jun	25° / 18°	10	1.7	14.4	8.9
Jul	28° / 20°	1	0.2	14.2	8.2
Aug	28° / 21°	4	0.7	13.4	7.9
Sep	25° / 19°	35	4.3	12.2	8.2
Oct	21° / 15°	83	8.3	11.1	7.0
Nov	17° / 12°	95	8.4	10.1	5.8
Dec	15° / 10°	118	9	9.6	4.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 39%.

	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 (%)	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	62	63	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	60	60	60	60	60
Cloudier (%)	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	38	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Estepona gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 0 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	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26

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

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.

	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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
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11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
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16	13	light breeze
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19	13	light breeze
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22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	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 8:00 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:35 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)	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:53	7:52	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:16
Sunset (PM)	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	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	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	8:00	7:08
2	11.2	7:59	7:09
3	11.2	7:57	7:10
4	11.2	7:56	7:11
5	11.3	7:55	7:12
6	11.3	7:53	7:12
7	11.4	7:52	7:13
8	11.4	7:50	7:14
9	11.4	7:49	7:15
10	11.5	7:48	7:16
11	11.5	7:46	7:17
12	11.6	7:45	7:18
13	11.6	7:43	7:19
14	11.6	7:42	7:20
15	11.7	7:40	7:21
16	11.7	7:39	7:22
17	11.8	7:37	7:23
18	11.8	7:36	7:23
19	11.8	7:34	7:24
20	11.9	7:33	7:25
21	11.9	7:31	7:26
22	12.0	7:30	7:27
23	12.0	7:28	7:28
24	12.0	7:27	7:29
25	12.1	7:25	7:30
26	12.1	7:24	7:30
27	12.1	7:22	7:31
28	12.2	7:21	7:32
29	12.2	7:19	7:33
30	12.3	7:18	7:34
31	12.3	7:16	7:35

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.94 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)	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6
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	4.2	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Estepona

In seasonPeak

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

Estepona'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 Estepona?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Estepona for sightseeing.

What to pack for Estepona in March

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

In March, Estepona sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Estepona in March

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 4 to Sep 29 — about 2.9 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	15	16	17	19	21	22	21	19	17	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Estepona 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 Estepona peaks around July 17 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 9 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Estepona?

Estepona sits at 36.4°N, 5.1°W, 69 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is San Pedro Alcántara, 15 km away.

Topography around Estepona

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Estepona has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,441 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,887 m.

The land around Estepona is covered by water (39%), trees (23%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, water (42%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and water (34%), trees (26%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

281 m

water 39%

16 km

1,441 m

water 42%

80 km

1,887 m

water 34%

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

March weather nearby: San Pedro Alcántara 15 km · Marbella 25 km · San Roque 32 km · La Línea de la Concepción 34 km · Ronda 35 km · Gibraltar 37 km · Ubrique 39 km · Los Barrios 41 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 Estepona (36.4276°, -5.1459°, elevation 69 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	15	9
2	15	9
3	15	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	10
7	16	10
8	16	10
9	16	10
10	16	10
11	16	10
12	16	10
13	16	10
14	16	10
15	16	10
16	16	10
17	16	10
18	16	10
19	16	10
20	17	10
21	17	10
22	17	11
23	17	11
24	17	11
25	17	11
26	17	11
27	17	11
28	17	11
29	17	11
30	17	11
31	17	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1