Palencia weather in March

In March, Palencia sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 Palencia's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palencia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 38 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:38 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 7th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Palencia is Spanish city, capital of the homonymous municipality in Castilla y León, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 20.6 µg/m³ · 2010

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 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Palencia reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°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)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How March really feels in Palencia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 6 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

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Palencia weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 2°	42	8.2	1.1	9.3	1.6
Feb	10° / 2°	32	6.9	1.3	10.3	2.6
Mar	14° / 4°	38	8.2	0.4	11.7	4.3
Apr	16° / 6°	50	10.3	0.1	13.1	5.0
May	20° / 9°	51	9.5	0	14.3	6.5
Jun	26° / 13°	30	6.2	0	15	7.5
Jul	29° / 15°	18	3.7	0	14.7	6.7
Aug	29° / 15°	14	3	0	13.7	6.9
Sep	24° / 12°	29	5.5	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	18° / 9°	56	8.6	0	10.9	6.0
Nov	12° / 5°	52	9.1	0.2	9.6	3.2
Dec	9° / 2°	46	7.8	0.5	9	1.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 55%.

	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 (%)	41	41	42	42	42	44	45	45	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	47	46	46	45	44	44	43	41	41	40	40	40
Cloudier (%)	59	59	58	58	58	56	55	55	54	53	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	53	54	54	55	56	56	57	59	59	60	60	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Palencia gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 32% 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 (%)	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	23	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	31	31	32	32	32
Snow chance (%)	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	4
2	27	4
3	27	4
4	27	3
5	26	3
6	26	2
7	26	2
8	25	2
9	25	2
10	24	1
11	23	1
12	23	1
13	23	1
14	22	1
15	22	1
16	23	1
17	23	1
18	24	1
19	24	1
20	25	1
21	26	1
22	26	1
23	27	1
24	28	1
25	29	1
26	30	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	32	1
30	32	1
31	32	1

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 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
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	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
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
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 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 8:03 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:34 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	11.6	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)	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:58	7:57	7:55	7:54	7:52	7:50	7:49	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12
Sunset (PM)	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	8:03	6:59
2	11.0	8:02	7:01
3	11.0	8:00	7:02
4	11.1	7:58	7:03
5	11.1	7:57	7:04
6	11.2	7:55	7:05
7	11.2	7:54	7:07
8	11.3	7:52	7:08
9	11.3	7:50	7:09
10	11.4	7:49	7:10
11	11.4	7:47	7:11
12	11.5	7:45	7:13
13	11.5	7:43	7:14
14	11.6	7:42	7:15
15	11.6	7:40	7:16
16	11.6	7:38	7:17
17	11.7	7:37	7:18
18	11.7	7:35	7:20
19	11.8	7:33	7:21
20	11.8	7:31	7:22
21	11.9	7:30	7:23
22	11.9	7:28	7:24
23	12.0	7:26	7:25
24	12.0	7:24	7:26
25	12.1	7:22	7:28
26	12.1	7:21	7:29
27	12.2	7:19	7:30
28	12.2	7:17	7:31
29	12.3	7:15	7:32
30	12.3	7:14	7:33
31	12.4	7:12	7:34

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.5 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.23 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)	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	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	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	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 Palencia?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Palencia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Palencia in March

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

In March, Palencia sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Palencia in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Palencia peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	2	5	6	7	9	10	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	6	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 Palencia?

Palencia sits at 42.0°N, 4.5°W, 739 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Valladolid, 43 km away.

Topography around Palencia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palencia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 750 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 702 m.

The land around Palencia is covered by cropland (37%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and cropland (77%) within 80 km.

3 km

149 m

cropland 37%

16 km

193 m

cropland 67%

80 km

702 m

cropland 77%

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

March weather nearby: Valladolid 43 km · Laguna de Duero 50 km · Burgos 77 km · Aranda de Duero 79 km · Gamonal 80 km · Medina del Campo 84 km · Benavente 95 km · Arevalo 107 km

Spain travel facts

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Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Palencia (42.0095°, -4.5241°, elevation 739 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	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	13	3
7	13	3
8	13	3
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	15	4
18	15	4
19	15	4
20	15	4
21	15	4
22	15	4
23	15	4
24	15	4
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	15	5
28	15	5
29	15	5
30	15	5
31	15	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	4
2	27	4
3	27	4
4	27	3
5	26	3
6	26	2
7	26	2
8	25	2
9	25	2
10	24	1
11	23	1
12	23	1
13	23	1
14	22	1
15	22	1
16	23	1
17	23	1
18	24	1
19	24	1
20	25	1
21	26	1
22	26	1
23	27	1
24	28	1
25	29	1
26	30	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	32	1
30	32	1
31	32	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	4
2	27	4
3	27	4
4	27	3
5	26	3
6	26	2
7	26	2
8	25	2
9	25	2
10	24	1
11	23	1
12	23	1
13	23	1
14	22	1
15	22	1
16	23	1
17	23	1
18	24	1
19	24	1
20	25	1
21	26	1
22	26	1
23	27	1
24	28	1
25	29	1
26	30	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	32	1
30	32	1
31	32	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	4
2	27	4
3	27	4
4	27	3
5	26	3
6	26	2
7	26	2
8	25	2
9	25	2
10	24	1
11	23	1
12	23	1
13	23	1
14	22	1
15	22	1
16	23	1
17	23	1
18	24	1
19	24	1
20	25	1
21	26	1
22	26	1
23	27	1
24	28	1
25	29	1
26	30	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	32	1
30	32	1
31	32	1

	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