Puertollano weather in March

In March, Puertollano sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 7.5 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 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 Puertollano's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puertollano's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 45 mm; 7.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:35 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.66 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Puertollano is innhabited place in Puertollano, Spain.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 17.5 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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical March day in Puertollano 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 11°C and 23°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)	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How March really feels in Puertollano

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.

Puertollano 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	11° / 3°	40	7.2	0.6	9.6	3.1
Feb	13° / 4°	37	6.3	0.3	10.5	4.1
Mar	17° / 6°	45	7.5	0.1	11.7	5.8
Apr	19° / 8°	53	8.7	0	13	6.4
May	24° / 12°	45	8.2	0	14.1	7.3
Jun	30° / 17°	17	3.3	0	14.7	6.3
Jul	34° / 20°	5	1.6	0	14.4	4.0
Aug	34° / 20°	9	2.3	0	13.5	4.2
Sep	28° / 16°	29	4.9	0	12.3	6.9
Oct	22° / 12°	52	7.7	0	11	7.1
Nov	15° / 7°	49	6.9	0	9.9	5.0
Dec	12° / 4°	49	6.8	0.2	9.3	3.4

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 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Puertollano gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 7.5 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 25% and peaks near 31% 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 (%)	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	30	31

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

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 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	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 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 7:58 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 7:01 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)	11.1	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)	7:58	7:57	7:55	7:54	7:52	7:51	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:11
Sunset (PM)	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	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	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:58	7:01
2	11.1	7:57	7:02
3	11.1	7:55	7:03
4	11.2	7:54	7:04
5	11.2	7:52	7:06
6	11.3	7:51	7:07
7	11.3	7:49	7:08
8	11.3	7:48	7:09
9	11.4	7:46	7:10
10	11.4	7:45	7:11
11	11.5	7:43	7:12
12	11.5	7:42	7:13
13	11.6	7:40	7:14
14	11.6	7:39	7:15
15	11.6	7:37	7:16
16	11.7	7:35	7:17
17	11.7	7:34	7:18
18	11.8	7:32	7:19
19	11.8	7:31	7:20
20	11.9	7:29	7:21
21	11.9	7:27	7:22
22	11.9	7:26	7:23
23	12.0	7:24	7:24
24	12.0	7:23	7:25
25	12.1	7:21	7:26
26	12.1	7:19	7:27
27	12.2	7:18	7:28
28	12.2	7:16	7:29
29	12.2	7:15	7:29
30	12.3	7:13	7:30
31	12.3	7:11	7:31

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.04 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.66 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	4.1	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	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	4.1	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	4.9	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Puertollano?

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

1.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Puertollano for sightseeing.

What to pack for Puertollano in March

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

In March, Puertollano sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Puertollano 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 Puertollano peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

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

Air quality in Puertollano in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Puertollano is worst in March — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Puertollano's WHO annual average of 17.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	20	22	21	16	15	15	18	17	18	14	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Puertollano?

Puertollano sits at 38.7°N, 4.1°W, 701 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Miguelturra, 36 km away.

Topography around Puertollano

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puertollano has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m around an average of 715 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 546 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,165 m.

The land around Puertollano is covered by grassland (34%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), trees (26%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (39%), grassland (32%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

322 m

grassland 34%

16 km

546 m

grassland 43%

80 km

1,165 m

trees 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

March weather nearby: Miguelturra 36 km · Ciudad Real 37 km · Daimiel 60 km · La Carolina 63 km · Valdepeñas 63 km · Bailén 72 km · Andújar 72 km · Manzanares 73 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 Puertollano (38.6871°, -4.1073°, elevation 701 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	17	6
12	17	6
13	17	6
14	17	6
15	17	6
16	17	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	18	7
23	18	7
24	18	7
25	18	7
26	18	7
27	18	7
28	18	7
29	18	7
30	18	7
31	18	7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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