Santa Uxía de Ribeira weather in March

In March, Santa Uxía de Ribeira sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 135 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 Santa Uxía de Ribeira's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Uxía de Ribeira's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 135 mm; 11.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:56 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 7th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical March day in Santa Uxía de Ribeira reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 1°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	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	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

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

Santa Uxía de Ribeira weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 9°	198	14.9	9.2	3.2
Feb	13° / 9°	129	11.4	10.3	3.6
Mar	15° / 10°	135	11.2	11.6	4.4
Apr	16° / 11°	126	12.9	13.1	4.6
May	18° / 13°	103	11	14.4	5.7
Jun	20° / 15°	52	7	15.1	7.0
Jul	22° / 17°	31	4.8	14.8	7.9
Aug	22° / 17°	44	6.1	13.7	7.7
Sep	21° / 16°	77	8.1	12.3	6.9
Oct	18° / 14°	197	13.6	10.8	5.5
Nov	15° / 12°	207	15.3	9.6	4.1
Dec	14° / 10°	198	15.3	8.9	3.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 51%.

	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 (%)	43	42	42	42	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	50	51	52	53	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	52	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	49
Cloudier (%)	57	58	58	58	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	50	49	48	47	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Santa Uxía de Ribeira gets around 135 mm of rain over 11.2 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 36% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	41	41	41	40	40	39	38	37	35	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	40
5	40
6	39
7	38
8	37
9	35
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	37
26	38
27	39
28	40
29	40
30	41
31	41

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 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in March

Winds average 18 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	19	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	18	light breeze
16	18	light breeze
17	18	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	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 8:22 AM to 7:29 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:52 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	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:22	8:20	8:19	8:17	8:15	8:14	8:12	8:10	8:09	8:07	8:05	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:58	7:56	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:49	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:29
Sunset (PM)	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	8:22	7:17
2	11.0	8:20	7:18
3	11.0	8:19	7:19
4	11.1	8:17	7:20
5	11.1	8:15	7:22
6	11.2	8:14	7:23
7	11.2	8:12	7:24
8	11.3	8:10	7:25
9	11.3	8:09	7:27
10	11.3	8:07	7:28
11	11.4	8:05	7:29
12	11.4	8:03	7:30
13	11.5	8:02	7:31
14	11.5	8:00	7:33
15	11.6	7:58	7:34
16	11.6	7:56	7:35
17	11.7	7:55	7:36
18	11.7	7:53	7:37
19	11.8	7:51	7:38
20	11.8	7:49	7:40
21	11.9	7:47	7:41
22	11.9	7:46	7:42
23	12.0	7:44	7:43
24	12.0	7:42	7:44
25	12.1	7:40	7:45
26	12.1	7:38	7:47
27	12.2	7:37	7:48
28	12.2	7:35	7:49
29	12.3	7:33	7:50
30	12.3	7:31	7:51
31	12.4	7:29	7:52

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4 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)	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	4.0	Moderate
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Santa Uxía de Ribeira

In seasonPeak

In March, Santa Uxía de Ribeira sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Santa Uxía de Ribeira's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Santa Uxía de Ribeira?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Santa Uxía de Ribeira for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santa Uxía de Ribeira in March

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

In March, Santa Uxía de Ribeira sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Santa Uxía de Ribeira in March

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	16	Cool
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Santa Uxía de Ribeira 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 Santa Uxía de Ribeira peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (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	8	9	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Uxía de Ribeira?

Santa Uxía de Ribeira sits at 42.6°N, 9.0°W, 18 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Boiro, 14 km away.

Topography around Santa Uxía de Ribeira

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santa Uxía de Ribeira.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Uxía de Ribeira has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 650 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,141 m.

The land around Santa Uxía de Ribeira is covered by water (40%), grassland (25%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, water (70%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

198 m

water 40%

16 km

650 m

water 70%

80 km

1,141 m

trees 44%

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← February Santa Uxía de Ribeira year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Boiro 14 km · Vilagarcía de Arousa 19 km · Sanxenxo 23 km · Poio 28 km · Marín 30 km · Pontevedra 32 km · Cangas do Morrazo 36 km · Moaña 37 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
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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 Santa Uxía de Ribeira (42.5535°, -8.9909°, elevation 18 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	9
2	14	9
3	14	9
4	14	9
5	14	10
6	14	10
7	14	10
8	14	10
9	14	10
10	15	10
11	15	10
12	15	10
13	15	10
14	15	10
15	15	10
16	15	10
17	15	10
18	15	10
19	15	10
20	15	10
21	15	10
22	15	10
23	15	10
24	15	10
25	15	10
26	15	10
27	15	10
28	15	10
29	15	10
30	15	11
31	15	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	40
5	40
6	39
7	38
8	37
9	35
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	37
26	38
27	39
28	40
29	40
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	40
5	40
6	39
7	38
8	37
9	35
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	37
26	38
27	39
28	40
29	40
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	43	57
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	50	50
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	40
5	40
6	39
7	38
8	37
9	35
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	37
26	38
27	39
28	40
29	40
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2