Priego de Córdoba weather in March

In March, Priego de Córdoba sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 8.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°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 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 Priego de Córdoba's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Priego de Córdoba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
67 mm
8.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:35 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover
51%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Priego de Córdoba is capital of Priego de Córdoba Municipality, 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 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical March day in Priego de Córdoba reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 22°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)
1155
2165
3165
4165
5165
6165
7165
8175
9175
10176
11176
12176
13176
14176
15176
16186
17186
18186
19186
20186
21186
22186
23187
24187
25187
26187
27187
28187
29187
30187
31187

How March really feels in Priego de Córdoba

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.

Priego de Córdoba weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 678.89.73.7
Feb14° / 628.210.64.4
Mar17° / 678.811.75.8
Apr19° / 619.712.96.4
May24° / 12°467.1147.5
Jun29° / 16°172.714.57.1
Jul33° / 19°30.714.35.0
Aug32° / 19°81.713.45.0
Sep28° / 15°374.812.37.1
Oct22° / 11°648.6117.0
Nov16° / 768.9105.4
Dec13° / 818.69.54.0

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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
35050
45050
55050
65050
75248
85248
95347
105446
115545
125644
135743
145743
155842
165743
175743
185743
195644
205545
215545
225347
235347
245248
255149
265149
274951
285050
295050
304951
314951

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Priego de Córdoba gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 8.8 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 29% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
131
231
331
430
530
629
729
828
928
1027
1127
1226
1326
1426
1526
1626
1727
1827
1927
2028
2128
2228
2329
2429
2530
2630
2730
2831
2931
3031
3131

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 8 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
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
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 7:57 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 7:31 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:577:03
211.17:567:04
311.27:547:05
411.27:537:06
511.37:527:07
611.37:507:08
711.37:497:09
811.47:477:10
911.47:467:11
1011.57:447:12
1111.57:437:13
1211.57:417:14
1311.67:407:15
1411.67:387:16
1511.77:377:17
1611.77:357:17
1711.77:347:18
1811.87:327:19
1911.87:317:20
2011.97:297:21
2111.97:287:22
2211.97:267:23
2312.07:257:24
2412.07:237:25
2512.17:227:26
2612.17:207:27
2712.27:187:28
2812.27:177:29
2912.27:157:29
3012.37:147:30
3112.37:127:31

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.97 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Bright
24.1Bright
34.1Bright
44.2Bright
54.2Bright
64.3Bright
74.4Bright
84.4Bright
94.5Bright
104.5Bright
114.6Bright
124.7Bright
134.7Bright
144.8Bright
154.8Bright
164.9Bright
174.9Bright
184.9Bright
195.0Bright
205.0Bright
215.0Bright
225.1Bright
235.1Bright
245.1Bright
255.2Bright
265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Priego de Córdoba?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
1.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Priego de Córdoba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Priego de Córdoba in March

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

In March, Priego de Córdoba sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Priego de Córdoba 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 Priego de Córdoba 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 (moderate).

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
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Priego de Córdoba?

Priego de Córdoba sits at 37.4°N, 4.2°W, 661 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Cabra, 22 km away.

Topography around Priego de Córdoba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Priego de Córdoba has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 389 m around an average of 665 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,188 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,676 m.

The land around Priego de Córdoba is covered by trees (69%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
389 m
16 km
1,188 m
80 km
2,676 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Cabra 22 km · Baena 23 km · Alcalá la Real 24 km · Lucena 26 km · Loja 30 km · Martos 37 km · Montilla 42 km · Santafé 50 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 Priego de Córdoba (37.4381°, -4.1952°, elevation 661 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).