Figueres weather in March

In March, Figueres sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 7 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 Figueres's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Figueres's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 59 mm; 7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:08 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Figueres is capital town of the municipality of Figueras, 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical March day in Figueres reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 19°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)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Figueres weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 4°	59	6.5	9.3	3.8
Feb	13° / 5°	49	6.1	10.3	4.1
Mar	16° / 7°	59	7	11.6	5.3
Apr	18° / 9°	65	8.1	13.1	6.1
May	21° / 13°	53	7.2	14.4	7.1
Jun	25° / 17°	28	4.6	15	7.8
Jul	28° / 20°	20	3.2	14.8	7.2
Aug	29° / 20°	23	3.5	13.7	6.9
Sep	25° / 16°	61	5.8	12.3	7.6
Oct	21° / 13°	98	8.3	10.8	6.8
Nov	16° / 8°	73	7.4	9.6	5.4
Dec	13° / 5°	66	6.3	9	4.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 43%.

	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 (%)	53	53	53	54	54	56	57	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	58	57	57	56	55	55	55	55	54	55	55	55
Cloudier (%)	47	47	47	46	46	44	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	46	45	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Figueres gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 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 23% and peaks near 28% 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 (%)	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	28	28

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

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 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
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4	11	calm
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30	11	calm
31	11	calm

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 7:34 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 7:04 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)	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:30	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:34	6:29
2	11.0	7:32	6:30
3	11.0	7:30	6:32
4	11.1	7:29	6:33
5	11.1	7:27	6:34
6	11.2	7:25	6:35
7	11.2	7:24	6:36
8	11.3	7:22	6:38
9	11.3	7:20	6:39
10	11.4	7:19	6:40
11	11.4	7:17	6:41
12	11.5	7:15	6:42
13	11.5	7:14	6:44
14	11.5	7:12	6:45
15	11.6	7:10	6:46
16	11.6	7:08	6:47
17	11.7	7:07	6:48
18	11.7	7:05	6:50
19	11.8	7:03	6:51
20	11.8	7:01	6:52
21	11.9	7:00	6:53
22	11.9	6:58	6:54
23	12.0	6:56	6:55
24	12.0	6:54	6:56
25	12.1	6:52	6:58
26	12.1	6:51	6:59
27	12.2	6:49	7:00
28	12.2	6:47	7:01
29	12.3	6:45	7:02
30	12.3	6:44	7:03
31	12.4	6:42	7:04

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.29 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)	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Figueres?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Figueres for sightseeing.

What to pack for Figueres in March

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

In March, Figueres sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Figueres in March

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 36 km away) is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 30 to Sep 22 — about 2.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	13	13	14	16	19	21	22	21	18	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Figueres in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Figueres peaks around July 14 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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	4	6	6	8	9	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Figueres?

Figueres sits at 42.3°N, 3.0°E, 41 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Roses, 18 km away.

Topography around Figueres

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Figueres has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 537 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,894 m.

The land around Figueres is covered by cropland (42%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, cropland (34%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

162 m

cropland 42%

16 km

537 m

cropland 34%

80 km

2,894 m

trees 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

March weather nearby: Roses 18 km · Banyoles 23 km · Girona 33 km · Salt 35 km · Olot 40 km · Palafrugell 42 km · Perpignan 48 km · Palamós 48 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 Figueres (42.2664°, 2.9616°, elevation 41 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	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	7
12	16	7
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	16	7
21	16	7
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	16	8
25	16	8
26	16	8
27	16	8
28	16	8
29	16	8
30	17	8
31	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

	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