Vícar weather in March

In March, Vícar sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 5.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-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 56% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Vícar's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vícar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 30 mm; 5.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:29 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 8th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Vícar is innhabited place in Vícar, 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 15°C through the month.

A typical March day in Vícar reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 17°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)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13

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

Vícar weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 10°	29	5.5	0.7	9.8	4.5
Feb	14° / 11°	27	5.1	0.7	10.6	4.7
Mar	15° / 12°	30	5.3	0.2	11.7	5.4
Apr	17° / 13°	22	5.1	0	12.9	6.2
May	19° / 16°	18	4	0	13.9	7.5
Jun	23° / 19°	8	1.9	0	14.5	8.9
Jul	26° / 22°	2	0.4	0	14.3	9.3
Aug	26° / 23°	6	1.5	0	13.4	8.8
Sep	24° / 20°	17	3.4	0	12.2	8.4
Oct	20° / 17°	26	4.7	0	11	7.4
Nov	17° / 14°	34	5.5	0.1	10	6.2
Dec	15° / 12°	34	4.9	0.2	9.5	5.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 30%.

	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 (%)	68	68	67	67	67	68	67	67	68	68	68	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	73	73
Cloudier (%)	32	32	33	33	33	32	33	33	32	32	32	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Vícar gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 5.3 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 17% and peaks near 20% 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 (%)	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Snow chance (%)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

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 16 km/h in March.

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:50 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:25 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)	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	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	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:38	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:08	7:06
Sunset (PM)	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:50	6:57
2	11.2	7:49	6:58
3	11.2	7:48	6:59
4	11.2	7:46	7:00
5	11.3	7:45	7:01
6	11.3	7:43	7:02
7	11.4	7:42	7:03
8	11.4	7:41	7:04
9	11.4	7:39	7:05
10	11.5	7:38	7:06
11	11.5	7:36	7:07
12	11.5	7:35	7:08
13	11.6	7:33	7:09
14	11.6	7:32	7:10
15	11.7	7:30	7:11
16	11.7	7:29	7:11
17	11.7	7:27	7:12
18	11.8	7:26	7:13
19	11.8	7:24	7:14
20	11.9	7:23	7:15
21	11.9	7:21	7:16
22	11.9	7:20	7:17
23	12.0	7:18	7:18
24	12.0	7:17	7:19
25	12.1	7:15	7:20
26	12.1	7:14	7:20
27	12.2	7:12	7:21
28	12.2	7:11	7:22
29	12.2	7:09	7:23
30	12.3	7:08	7:24
31	12.3	7:06	7:25

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.49 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.15 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)	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Vícar?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Vícar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vícar in March

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

In March, Vícar sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Vícar in March

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 13 to Oct 20 — about 4.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	16	18	20	23	24	23	20	18	16
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	20	Refreshing
Jul	23	Refreshing
Aug	24	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Vícar in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vícar peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	7	9	8	9	11	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Vícar?

Vícar sits at 36.8°N, 2.6°W, 278 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Roquetas de Mar, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Vícar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vícar has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 696 m around an average of 383 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,107 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,449 m.

The land around Vícar is covered by grassland (59%) within 3 km, grassland (34%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

696 m

grassland 59%

16 km

2,107 m

grassland 34%

80 km

3,449 m

grassland 35%

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

March weather nearby: Roquetas de Mar 8.0 km · Almería 16 km · El Ejido 16 km · Berja 27 km · Adra 35 km · Níjar 42 km · Guadix 68 km · Baza 74 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 Vícar (36.8316°, -2.6427°, elevation 278 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	11
2	14	11
3	14	11
4	15	11
5	15	11
6	15	11
7	15	11
8	15	12
9	15	12
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
13	15	12
14	15	12
15	15	12
16	15	12
17	15	12
18	15	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	13
30	16	13
31	16	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	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