Sants - Badal weather in March

In March, Sants - Badal sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 5.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% 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 Sants - Badal's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sants - Badal's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 38 mm; 5.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:11 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 5th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Sants - Badal is human settlement in Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, Barcelonès, 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical March day in Sants - Badal reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Sants - Badal weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 10°	48	6.5	9.4	3.9
Feb	13° / 10°	39	6.4	10.3	3.8
Mar	14° / 11°	38	5.8	11.7	4.4
Apr	15° / 13°	42	6.5	13.1	5.1
May	18° / 16°	37	5	14.3	6.6
Jun	22° / 20°	26	3.8	14.9	8.0
Jul	24° / 23°	15	2.8	14.7	8.7
Aug	25° / 23°	36	5.3	13.7	8.1
Sep	23° / 21°	78	9.2	12.3	7.2
Oct	20° / 18°	97	10.2	10.9	6.5
Nov	16° / 14°	68	8.1	9.7	5.6
Dec	14° / 11°	47	6.7	9.1	4.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

	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 (%)	61	61	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	67	67	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	64	63	63	64	65
Cloudier (%)	39	39	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	37	37	36	35

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Sants - Badal gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 5.8 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 19% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22

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

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	99	99	99	99	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2

	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	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

Wind in March

Winds average 15 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

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 7:36 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 7:07 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	11.1	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	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:45
Sunset (PM)	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:36	6:34
2	11.0	7:34	6:35
3	11.1	7:33	6:36
4	11.1	7:31	6:37
5	11.1	7:30	6:38
6	11.2	7:28	6:39
7	11.2	7:26	6:41
8	11.3	7:25	6:42
9	11.3	7:23	6:43
10	11.4	7:22	6:44
11	11.4	7:20	6:45
12	11.5	7:18	6:46
13	11.5	7:17	6:47
14	11.6	7:15	6:49
15	11.6	7:13	6:50
16	11.7	7:11	6:51
17	11.7	7:10	6:52
18	11.8	7:08	6:53
19	11.8	7:06	6:54
20	11.8	7:05	6:55
21	11.9	7:03	6:56
22	11.9	7:01	6:58
23	12.0	6:59	6:59
24	12.0	6:58	7:00
25	12.1	6:56	7:01
26	12.1	6:54	7:02
27	12.2	6:52	7:03
28	12.2	6:51	7:04
29	12.3	6:49	7:05
30	12.3	6:47	7:06
31	12.4	6:45	7:07

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.88 kWh/m² to a high of 7.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.47 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)	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Sants - Badal

In seasonPeak

None of Sants - Badal's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Sants - Badal's rainy season runs September–January, 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 Sants - Badal?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Sants - Badal for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sants - Badal in March

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

In March, Sants - Badal sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Sants - Badal 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 21 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 11 to Oct 23 — about 4.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	13	14	17	21	24	25	24	21	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Sants - Badal 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 Sants - Badal peaks around July 14 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	6	8	9	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Sants - Badal?

Sants - Badal sits at 41.4°N, 2.1°E, 41 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Sants, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Sants - Badal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sants - Badal has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m around an average of 58 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 526 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,677 m.

The land around Sants - Badal is covered by artificial surfaces (78%) within 3 km, water (35%), artificial surfaces (27%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

373 m

artificial surfaces 78%

16 km

526 m

water 35%

80 km

1,677 m

trees 40%

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

March weather nearby: Sants 1.0 km · la Maternitat i Sant Ramon 1.0 km · Hostafrancs 1.0 km · La Bordeta 1.0 km · Les Corts 1.0 km · Barri de les Corts 1.0 km · la Marina de Port 2.0 km · la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample 2.0 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 Sants - Badal (41.3747°, 2.1277°, elevation 41 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	10
2	13	10
3	13	10
4	13	11
5	13	11
6	13	11
7	13	11
8	13	11
9	13	11
10	13	11
11	13	11
12	13	11
13	13	11
14	14	11
15	14	11
16	14	11
17	14	11
18	14	11
19	14	11
20	14	11
21	14	11
22	14	12
23	14	12
24	14	12
25	14	12
26	14	12
27	14	12
28	14	12
29	14	12
30	14	12
31	14	12

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

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

	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	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

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

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

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

	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	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

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

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

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

	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	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2