San Lorenzo de El Escorial weather in March

In March, San Lorenzo de El Escorial sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 7.8 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 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 San Lorenzo de El Escorial's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Lorenzo de El Escorial's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 45 mm; 7.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:36 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

San Lorenzo de El Escorial is capital of San Lorenzo de El Escorial 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 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in San Lorenzo de El Escorial 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 8°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	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	3	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

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

How March really feels in San Lorenzo de El Escorial

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.

San Lorenzo de El Escorial 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 1°	43	7.7	2.8	9.4	1.6
Feb	10° / 1°	35	6.3	2.3	10.4	2.6
Mar	14° / 4°	45	7.8	1.5	11.7	4.3
Apr	16° / 6°	50	9.3	0.6	13	5.2
May	20° / 10°	49	8.8	0	14.2	6.7
Jun	26° / 14°	22	5	0	14.8	7.5
Jul	30° / 17°	10	2.2	0	14.6	6.1
Aug	30° / 17°	12	2.9	0	13.6	6.4
Sep	25° / 13°	24	4.8	0	12.3	7.9
Oct	18° / 9°	59	7.7	0	10.9	6.1
Nov	12° / 4°	55	8	0.7	9.7	3.3
Dec	9° / 2°	47	7.1	1.3	9.2	1.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 49%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

San Lorenzo de El Escorial gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 7.8 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 25% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29
Snow chance (%)	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3

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

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 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
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	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	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 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 8:00 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:32 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	11.3	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)	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:56	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	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:11
Sunset (PM)	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:09	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	8:00	6:59
2	11.0	7:59	7:01
3	11.1	7:57	7:02
4	11.1	7:56	7:03
5	11.2	7:54	7:04
6	11.2	7:52	7:05
7	11.3	7:51	7:06
8	11.3	7:49	7:07
9	11.3	7:48	7:09
10	11.4	7:46	7:10
11	11.4	7:44	7:11
12	11.5	7:43	7:12
13	11.5	7:41	7:13
14	11.6	7:40	7:14
15	11.6	7:38	7:15
16	11.7	7:36	7:16
17	11.7	7:35	7:17
18	11.8	7:33	7:18
19	11.8	7:31	7:19
20	11.9	7:30	7:21
21	11.9	7:28	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	12.3	7:14	7:30
30	12.3	7:13	7:31
31	12.4	7:11	7:32

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.84 kWh/m² to a high of 7.76 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.54 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	4.2	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	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	4.2	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 San Lorenzo de El Escorial?

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 San Lorenzo de El Escorial for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Lorenzo de El Escorial in March

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

In March, San Lorenzo de El Escorial sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in San Lorenzo de El Escorial 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 San Lorenzo de El Escorial 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

Air quality in San Lorenzo de El Escorial 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 San Lorenzo de El Escorial is worst in August — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	12	13	12	9	11	8	15	10	10	9	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	12	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	11	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	10	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is San Lorenzo de El Escorial?

San Lorenzo de El Escorial sits at 40.6°N, 4.1°W, 1,049 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is El Escorial, 2.0 km away.

Topography around San Lorenzo de El Escorial

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Lorenzo de El Escorial has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 887 m around an average of 1,132 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,298 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,027 m.

The land around San Lorenzo de El Escorial is covered by trees (60%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and trees (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), cropland (32%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

887 m

trees 60%

16 km

1,298 m

grassland 46%

80 km

2,027 m

grassland 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← February San Lorenzo de El Escorial year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: El Escorial 2.0 km · Galapagar 12 km · Collado-Villalba 13 km · Torrelodones 19 km · Villanueva del Pardillo 19 km · Villanueva de la Cañada 20 km · Las Rozas de Madrid 26 km · Majadahonda 27 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 San Lorenzo de El Escorial (40.5914°, -4.1474°, elevation 1,049 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	12	2
2	12	2
3	12	2
4	12	3
5	13	3
6	13	3
7	13	3
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	14	3
11	14	3
12	14	3
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	14	4
24	14	4
25	14	4
26	14	4
27	15	4
28	15	4
29	15	5
30	15	5
31	15	5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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