Linares weather in March

In March, Linares sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 47 mm of rain across 7.8 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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 Linares's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Linares's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Rainfall
47 mm
7.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:33 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover
50%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Linares is capital town of the municipality of Linares, 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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical March day in Linares reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1176
2176
3176
4176
5186
6186
7186
8186
9187
10187
11197
12197
13197
14197
15197
16197
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20197
21198
22198
23208
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26208
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28208
29208
30208
31208

How March really feels in Linares

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.

Linares 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 528.29.74.2
Feb15° / 477.510.55.1
Mar19° / 477.811.76.5
Apr21° / 10°457.8137.0
May26° / 14°326.1147.5
Jun31° / 18°112.114.65.5
Jul35° / 21°20.814.43.2
Aug35° / 21°61.413.53.4
Sep30° / 17°26412.36.1
Oct24° / 13°477.4117.4
Nov18° / 577.79.96.0
Dec14° / 628.49.44.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 44%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25347
35347
45347
55446
65446
75545
85545
95644
105743
115842
125941
136040
146040
156040
166040
176040
186040
195941
205743
215743
225644
235545
245446
255347
265347
275248
285248
295149
305149
315149

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Linares gets around 47 mm of rain over 7.8 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 25% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
129
228
328
428
527
627
726
825
925
1024
1124
1223
1323
1423
1523
1623
1723
1823
1924
2024
2124
2225
2325
2425
2526
2626
2726
2826
2926
3026
3126

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
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 7:56 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:29 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:567:00
211.17:547:01
311.27:537:02
411.27:517:03
511.27:507:04
611.37:487:05
711.37:477:06
811.47:457:07
911.47:447:08
1011.47:437:09
1111.57:417:10
1211.57:397:11
1311.67:387:12
1411.67:367:13
1511.77:357:14
1611.77:337:15
1711.77:327:16
1811.87:307:17
1911.87:297:18
2011.97:277:19
2111.97:267:20
2211.97:247:21
2312.07:227:22
2412.07:217:23
2512.17:197:24
2612.17:187:25
2712.27:167:26
2812.27:147:26
2912.27:137:27
3012.37:117:28
3112.37:107:29

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
24.0Bright
34.1Bright
44.2Bright
54.2Bright
64.3Bright
74.3Bright
84.4Bright
94.5Bright
104.5Bright
114.6Bright
124.6Bright
134.7Bright
144.8Bright
154.8Bright
164.8Bright
174.9Bright
184.9Bright
195.0Bright
205.0Bright
215.0Bright
225.0Bright
235.1Bright
245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Linares?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Linares for sightseeing.

What to pack for Linares in March

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

In March, Linares sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Linares 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 Linares peaks around July 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Linares?

Linares sits at 38.1°N, 3.6°W, 413 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Bailén, 12 km away.

Topography around Linares

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Linares has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 418 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 494 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,022 m.

The land around Linares is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
145 m
16 km
494 m
80 km
2,022 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Bailén 12 km · Baeza 18 km · La Carolina 20 km · Úbeda 25 km · Andújar 37 km · Jaén 39 km · Martos 51 km · Villanueva del Arzobispo 56 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 Linares (38.0952°, -3.636°, elevation 413 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).