Tarragona weather in March

In March, Tarragona sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 37 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% 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 Tarragona's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarragona's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 37 mm; 5.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:15 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 6th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.57 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Tarragona is city in Catalonia, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 17.1 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical March day in Tarragona reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°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	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Tarragona weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 8°	42	6.1	9.4	4.3
Feb	14° / 8°	31	5	10.4	4.7
Mar	16° / 10°	37	5.7	11.7	5.5
Apr	17° / 12°	43	6.9	13.1	6.2
May	20° / 15°	38	5.4	14.3	7.3
Jun	24° / 19°	20	3.4	14.9	8.3
Jul	27° / 22°	18	3.7	14.7	8.1
Aug	27° / 23°	40	5.6	13.6	7.6
Sep	25° / 20°	77	8.6	12.3	7.4
Oct	21° / 16°	78	8.1	10.9	7.0
Nov	17° / 12°	53	6.1	9.7	6.1
Dec	14° / 9°	42	6	9.1	4.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Tarragona gets around 37 mm of rain over 5.7 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 18% and peaks near 21% 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 (%)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21

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

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 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	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	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 7:39 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 7:11 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	11.2	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)	7:39	7:38	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	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	6:53	6:51	6:49
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:39	6:37
2	11.0	7:38	6:39
3	11.1	7:36	6:40
4	11.1	7:35	6:41
5	11.2	7:33	6:42
6	11.2	7:31	6:43
7	11.2	7:30	6:44
8	11.3	7:28	6:45
9	11.3	7:27	6:47
10	11.4	7:25	6:48
11	11.4	7:23	6:49
12	11.5	7:22	6:50
13	11.5	7:20	6:51
14	11.6	7:18	6:52
15	11.6	7:17	6:53
16	11.7	7:15	6:54
17	11.7	7:13	6:56
18	11.8	7:11	6:57
19	11.8	7:10	6:58
20	11.8	7:08	6:59
21	11.9	7:06	7:00
22	11.9	7:05	7:01
23	12.0	7:03	7:02
24	12.0	7:01	7:03
25	12.1	6:59	7:04
26	12.1	6:58	7:05
27	12.2	6:56	7:07
28	12.2	6:54	7:08
29	12.3	6:53	7:09
30	12.3	6:51	7:10
31	12.4	6:49	7:11

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.57 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)	3.8	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	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2
Level	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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	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	4.4	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	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Tarragona?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Tarragona for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tarragona in March

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

In March, Tarragona sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Tarragona 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 7 to Oct 27 — about 4.7 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	15	17	21	24	26	24	21	18	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	15	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Tarragona 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 Tarragona peaks around July 15 at about 9 (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 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	9	9	8	6	4	2	2
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	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Tarragona?

Tarragona sits at 41.1°N, 1.2°E, 60 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is La Pineda, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Tarragona

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarragona has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 611 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,196 m.

The land around Tarragona is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and water (26%) within 3 km, water (43%) within 16 km, and trees (32%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

611 m

water 43%

80 km

1,196 m

trees 32%

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

March weather nearby: La Pineda 7.0 km · Vila-seca 8.0 km · Salou 10 km · Reus 12 km · Torredembarra 13 km · Cambrils 17 km · Valls 19 km · El Vendrell 26 km

Spain travel facts

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Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Tarragona (41.1191°, 1.2454°, elevation 60 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	15	9
2	15	9
3	15	9
4	15	9
5	15	9
6	15	9
7	15	9
8	15	10
9	15	10
10	15	10
11	15	10
12	15	10
13	16	10
14	16	10
15	16	10
16	16	10
17	16	10
18	16	10
19	16	10
20	16	10
21	16	10
22	16	10
23	16	11
24	16	11
25	16	11
26	16	11
27	16	11
28	16	11
29	16	11
30	16	11
31	16	11

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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