Maó weather in March

In March, Maó sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 33 mm of rain across 5.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Maó's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maó's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 33 mm; 5.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:02 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 6th clearest
Wind: 24 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Maó is municipality seat in Maó, Menorca.

Air quality: Good; PM10 19.3 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical March day in Maó reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°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)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Maó weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 12°	50	8.6	9.5	4.2
Feb	13° / 12°	41	7.1	10.4	4.1
Mar	14° / 13°	33	5.2	11.7	4.7
Apr	16° / 14°	33	5.8	13	5.5
May	18° / 17°	22	4	14.2	7.1
Jun	22° / 20°	13	2	14.8	8.6
Jul	25° / 23°	5	0.8	14.5	9.3
Aug	26° / 24°	9	1.7	13.6	8.8
Sep	24° / 22°	41	5.8	12.3	7.9
Oct	21° / 20°	63	8.1	10.9	7.0
Nov	18° / 16°	77	10.4	9.8	5.7
Dec	15° / 14°	56	8.6	9.2	4.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

	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 (%)	63	63	64	64	64	66	66	67	68	68	69	69	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	68	67	67	67	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	37	37	36	36	36	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	33	33	33	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	65	35
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

Maó gets around 33 mm of rain over 5.2 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 18% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20

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

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 96% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8
31	92	8

Wind in March

Winds average 24 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 25 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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 78 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:26 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:58 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	11.5	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	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:37
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:26	6:27
2	11.1	7:24	6:28
3	11.1	7:23	6:29
4	11.1	7:21	6:30
5	11.2	7:20	6:31
6	11.2	7:18	6:32
7	11.3	7:17	6:33
8	11.3	7:15	6:34
9	11.4	7:14	6:35
10	11.4	7:12	6:36
11	11.5	7:10	6:38
12	11.5	7:09	6:39
13	11.5	7:07	6:40
14	11.6	7:06	6:41
15	11.6	7:04	6:42
16	11.7	7:02	6:43
17	11.7	7:01	6:44
18	11.8	6:59	6:45
19	11.8	6:57	6:46
20	11.9	6:56	6:47
21	11.9	6:54	6:48
22	11.9	6:52	6:49
23	12.0	6:51	6:50
24	12.0	6:49	6:51
25	12.1	6:47	6:52
26	12.1	6:46	6:53
27	12.2	6:44	6:54
28	12.2	6:42	6:55
29	12.3	6:41	6:56
30	12.3	6:39	6:57
31	12.3	6:37	6:58

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.74 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)	3.9	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	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4
Level	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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Maó?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Maó for sightseeing.

What to pack for Maó in March

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

In March, Maó sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Maó in March

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 5 to Nov 4 — about 5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	15	18	21	24	26	25	22	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Maó 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 Maó peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (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	5	7	8	9	8	6	4	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Maó?

Maó sits at 39.9°N, 4.3°E, 39 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Ciutadella, 38 km away.

Topography around Maó

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maó has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 239 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 449 m.

The land around Maó is covered by trees (35%), grassland (24%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (64%) within 16 km, and water (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

95 m

trees 35%

16 km

239 m

water 64%

80 km

449 m

water 91%

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

March weather nearby: Ciutadella 38 km · Manacor 97 km · Alcúdia 98 km · Felanitx 106 km · Pollença 107 km · Inca 117 km · Llucmajor 126 km · Marratxí 135 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 Maó (39.8885°, 4.2658°, elevation 39 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	13	12
2	14	12
3	14	12
4	14	12
5	14	12
6	14	12
7	14	12
8	14	12
9	14	12
10	14	12
11	14	12
12	14	13
13	14	13
14	14	13
15	14	13
16	14	13
17	14	13
18	14	13
19	14	13
20	14	13
21	14	13
22	14	13
23	14	13
24	14	13
25	14	13
26	14	13
27	14	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8
31	92	8