Santiago de Compostela weather in March

In March, Santiago de Compostela sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 106 mm of precipitation across 12.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 Santiago de Compostela's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santiago de Compostela's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 106 mm; 12.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:55 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 5th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Santiago de Compostela is city in Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.7 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 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Santiago de Compostela reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	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
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Santiago de Compostela 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 6°	141	13.9	9.2	2.5
Feb	12° / 6°	100	11.6	10.2	3.0
Mar	14° / 7°	106	12.1	11.6	3.9
Apr	15° / 8°	115	14.4	13.1	4.1
May	18° / 10°	92	13.1	14.4	5.2
Jun	20° / 12°	54	8.7	15.1	6.5
Jul	22° / 14°	30	5.9	14.8	7.5
Aug	23° / 14°	44	7.2	13.8	7.4
Sep	21° / 13°	69	9.1	12.3	6.7
Oct	18° / 11°	140	13.5	10.8	5.2
Nov	14° / 8°	151	15.3	9.5	3.5
Dec	12° / 6°	142	13.8	8.9	2.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

	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 (%)	32	32	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	41	41	42	41	41	41	41	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	36	36	35
Cloudier (%)	68	68	68	67	67	66	65	64	63	62	61	60	59	59	59	58	59	59	59	59	60	61	61	62	62	63	64	65	64	64	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	35	65

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Santiago de Compostela gets around 106 mm of rain and snow over 12.1 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 39% and peaks near 47% 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 (%)	43	42	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	32	32	33	33	34	35	37	38	40	41	42	44	45	46	46	47	47	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	42
3	42
4	41
5	40
6	39
7	38
8	37
9	36
10	35
11	34
12	33
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	35
20	37
21	38
22	40
23	41
24	42
25	44
26	45
27	46
28	46
29	47
30	47
31	47

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	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14
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	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	14	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 8:20 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 7:51 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	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	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)	8:20	8:19	8:17	8:15	8:14	8:12	8:10	8:09	8:07	8:05	8:04	8:02	8:00	7:58	7:56	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:29	7:28
Sunset (PM)	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:50	7:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	8:20	7:15
2	11.0	8:19	7:16
3	11.0	8:17	7:17
4	11.0	8:15	7:18
5	11.1	8:14	7:20
6	11.1	8:12	7:21
7	11.2	8:10	7:22
8	11.2	8:09	7:23
9	11.3	8:07	7:24
10	11.3	8:05	7:26
11	11.4	8:04	7:27
12	11.4	8:02	7:28
13	11.5	8:00	7:29
14	11.5	7:58	7:31
15	11.6	7:56	7:32
16	11.6	7:55	7:33
17	11.7	7:53	7:34
18	11.7	7:51	7:35
19	11.8	7:49	7:37
20	11.8	7:48	7:38
21	11.9	7:46	7:39
22	11.9	7:44	7:40
23	12.0	7:42	7:41
24	12.0	7:40	7:43
25	12.1	7:38	7:44
26	12.1	7:37	7:45
27	12.2	7:35	7:46
28	12.2	7:33	7:47
29	12.3	7:31	7:48
30	12.3	7:29	7:50
31	12.4	7:28	7:51

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.34 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 3.72 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)	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Santiago de Compostela?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Santiago de Compostela.

What to pack for Santiago de Compostela in March

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

In March, Santiago de Compostela sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Santiago de Compostela 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 47 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	15	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	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	Bracing
Jun	16	Cool
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	15	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Santiago de Compostela 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 Santiago de Compostela peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 Santiago de Compostela?

Santiago de Compostela sits at 42.9°N, 8.5°W, 257 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Teo, 10 km away.

Topography around Santiago de Compostela

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santiago de Compostela has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 332 m around an average of 265 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 519 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,174 m.

The land around Santiago de Compostela is covered by trees (48%), artificial surfaces (29%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (64%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), water (30%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

332 m

trees 48%

16 km

519 m

trees 64%

80 km

1,174 m

trees 45%

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← February Santiago de Compostela year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Teo 10 km · Ribeira 18 km · A Estrada 22 km · Vilagarcía de Arousa 36 km · Boiro 38 km · Carballo 39 km · Lalín 43 km · Culleredo 47 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 Santiago de Compostela (42.8805°, -8.5457°, elevation 257 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	13	6
2	13	6
3	13	6
4	13	6
5	13	6
6	13	6
7	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	14	7
13	14	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	15	7
17	15	7
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	42
3	42
4	41
5	40
6	39
7	38
8	37
9	36
10	35
11	34
12	33
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	35
20	37
21	38
22	40
23	41
24	42
25	44
26	45
27	46
28	46
29	47
30	47
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	42
3	42
4	41
5	40
6	39
7	38
8	37
9	36
10	35
11	34
12	33
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	35
20	37
21	38
22	40
23	41
24	42
25	44
26	45
27	46
28	46
29	47
30	47
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	42
3	42
4	41
5	40
6	39
7	38
8	37
9	36
10	35
11	34
12	33
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	35
20	37
21	38
22	40
23	41
24	42
25	44
26	45
27	46
28	46
29	47
30	47
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1