Mérida weather in March

In March, Mérida sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 45 mm of rain across 7.2 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 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 Mérida's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mérida's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 45 mm; 7.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:44 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Mérida is city in Extremadura, Spain.

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 14.5 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 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical March day in Mérida reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°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.

	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)	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

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

How March really feels in Mérida

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Mérida 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 4°	51	8.1	9.6	3.8
Feb	15° / 5°	45	6.3	10.5	4.9
Mar	18° / 8°	45	7.2	11.7	6.4
Apr	21° / 10°	45	7.6	13	6.8
May	25° / 13°	33	6.5	14.1	7.5
Jun	30° / 17°	11	2.2	14.7	6.2
Jul	34° / 19°	3	0.7	14.4	4.2
Aug	33° / 19°	5	1.1	13.5	4.4
Sep	29° / 16°	24	4	12.3	6.6
Oct	23° / 13°	65	7.5	11	7.2
Nov	17° / 8°	62	7.7	9.9	5.7
Dec	13° / 6°	62	7.8	9.3	4.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 47%.

	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 (%)	50	49	49	48	48	48	50	51	51	52	53	54	55	57	57	58	58	57	57	57	56	55	54	54	52	52	51	50	50	50	50
Cloudier (%)	50	51	51	52	52	52	50	49	49	48	47	46	45	43	43	42	42	43	43	43	44	45	46	46	48	48	49	50	50	50	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	50	50

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Mérida gets around 45 mm of rain over 7.2 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 23% and peaks near 26% 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 (%)	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	24
3	24
4	24
5	23
6	23
7	23
8	22
9	22
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	23
22	23
23	24
24	25
25	25
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	26
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 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	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
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16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
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22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

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 8:07 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:40 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	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	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	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:07	8:06	8:04	8:03	8:01	8:00	7:58	7:57	7:55	7:54	7:52	7:51	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40	7:38	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:20
Sunset (PM)	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	8:07	7:10
2	11.1	8:06	7:11
3	11.1	8:04	7:12
4	11.2	8:03	7:13
5	11.2	8:01	7:14
6	11.3	8:00	7:15
7	11.3	7:58	7:16
8	11.3	7:57	7:17
9	11.4	7:55	7:18
10	11.4	7:54	7:19
11	11.5	7:52	7:21
12	11.5	7:51	7:22
13	11.6	7:49	7:23
14	11.6	7:48	7:24
15	11.6	7:46	7:25
16	11.7	7:44	7:26
17	11.7	7:43	7:27
18	11.8	7:41	7:28
19	11.8	7:40	7:29
20	11.9	7:38	7:30
21	11.9	7:36	7:31
22	11.9	7:35	7:32
23	12.0	7:33	7:33
24	12.0	7:32	7:34
25	12.1	7:30	7:35
26	12.1	7:28	7:36
27	12.2	7:27	7:37
28	12.2	7:25	7:37
29	12.2	7:24	7:38
30	12.3	7:22	7:39
31	12.3	7:20	7:40

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.62 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	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2
Level	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	Bright

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

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Mérida?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Mérida for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mérida in March

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

In March, Mérida sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Mérida 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 Mérida peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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	8	7	9	10	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Mérida?

Mérida sits at 38.9°N, 6.3°W, 223 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Montijo, 24 km away.

Topography around Mérida

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mérida has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 232 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 413 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 848 m.

The land around Mérida is covered by grassland (35%), artificial surfaces (27%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), cropland (32%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

107 m

grassland 35%

16 km

413 m

grassland 42%

80 km

848 m

grassland 52%

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

March weather nearby: Montijo 24 km · Almendralejo 27 km · Don Benito 42 km · Villanueva de la Serena 48 km · Badajoz 55 km · Zafra 55 km · Cáceres 62 km · Portalegre 103 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 Mérida (38.918°, -6.3429°, elevation 223 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	16	6
2	16	6
3	17	6
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	18	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	8
15	19	8
16	19	8
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	8
23	19	8
24	19	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	19	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	50	50

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	50	50

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	50	50

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1