Pozuelo de Alarcón weather in March

In March, Pozuelo de Alarcón sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 6.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Pozuelo de Alarcón's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pozuelo de Alarcón's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 39 mm; 6.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:35 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 6th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Pozuelo de Alarcón is capital of Pozuelo de Alarcón Municipality, 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 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical March day in Pozuelo de Alarcón reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°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)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

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

How March really feels in Pozuelo de Alarcón

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.

Pozuelo de Alarcón weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 2°	38	6.7	0.6	9.4	2.6
Feb	13° / 2°	32	5.6	0.7	10.4	3.9
Mar	16° / 5°	39	6.5	0.2	11.7	5.6
Apr	19° / 7°	44	7.5	0	13	6.4
May	23° / 11°	37	6.6	0	14.2	7.4
Jun	29° / 16°	15	3.3	0	14.8	6.7
Jul	33° / 18°	6	1.4	0	14.6	4.6
Aug	32° / 18°	8	2	0	13.6	4.9
Sep	27° / 14°	21	3.8	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	20° / 10°	58	7.3	0	10.9	6.9
Nov	14° / 5°	53	6.9	0	9.8	4.5
Dec	11° / 3°	43	6.8	0.4	9.2	2.8

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 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

	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 (%)	55	55	54	54	55	55	56	57	57	58	58	59	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	57	56	55	54	54	52	51	51	50	50	50	50
Cloudier (%)	45	45	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	42	41	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	44	45	46	46	48	49	49	50	50	50	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	50	50

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Pozuelo de Alarcón gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 6.5 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 21% and peaks near 24% 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 (%)	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Snow chance (%)	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

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 9 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 84 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:59 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:31 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	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	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	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:41	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:10
Sunset (PM)	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:59	6:58
2	11.0	7:57	6:59
3	11.1	7:56	7:01
4	11.1	7:54	7:02
5	11.2	7:53	7:03
6	11.2	7:51	7:04
7	11.3	7:49	7:05
8	11.3	7:48	7:06
9	11.4	7:46	7:07
10	11.4	7:45	7:08
11	11.4	7:43	7:10
12	11.5	7:41	7:11
13	11.5	7:40	7:12
14	11.6	7:38	7:13
15	11.6	7:37	7:14
16	11.7	7:35	7:15
17	11.7	7:33	7:16
18	11.8	7:32	7:17
19	11.8	7:30	7:18
20	11.9	7:28	7:19
21	11.9	7:27	7:20
22	11.9	7:25	7:21
23	12.0	7:23	7:22
24	12.0	7:21	7:23
25	12.1	7:20	7:25
26	12.1	7:18	7:26
27	12.2	7:16	7:27
28	12.2	7:15	7:28
29	12.3	7:13	7:29
30	12.3	7:11	7:30
31	12.4	7:10	7:31

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.78 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.53 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)	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Pozuelo de Alarcón?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.9

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Pozuelo de Alarcón for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pozuelo de Alarcón in March

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

In March, Pozuelo de Alarcón sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Pozuelo de Alarcón 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 Pozuelo de Alarcón peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	2	6	7	7	9	10	9	6	4	2	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Pozuelo de Alarcón?

Pozuelo de Alarcón sits at 40.4°N, 3.8°W, 704 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Aravaca, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Pozuelo de Alarcón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pozuelo de Alarcón has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 690 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,012 m.

The land around Pozuelo de Alarcón is covered by trees (38%), artificial surfaces (38%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), artificial surfaces (34%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%), cropland (35%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

trees 38%

16 km

221 m

grassland 35%

80 km

2,012 m

grassland 37%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← February Pozuelo de Alarcón year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Aravaca 4.0 km · Campamento 5.0 km · Boadilla del Monte 6.0 km · Lucero 6.0 km · Aluche 7.0 km · Majadahonda 7.0 km · Las Águilas 7.0 km · Ciudad Universitaria 7.0 km

Spain travel facts

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GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
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Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Pozuelo de Alarcón (40.4329°, -3.8134°, elevation 704 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	14	3
2	14	3
3	15	3
4	15	4
5	15	4
6	15	4
7	15	4
8	16	4
9	16	4
10	16	4
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	5
15	17	5
16	17	5
17	17	5
18	17	5
19	17	5
20	17	5
21	17	5
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	17	5
25	17	5
26	17	5
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	50	50

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	50	50

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	50	50

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

	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