Zamora weather in March

In March, Zamora sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 7.9 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-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 33% 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 Zamora's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zamora's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:43 AM – 7:22 PM
Cloud cover
57%
7th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Zamora is Spanish city, capital of the homonymous municipality in Castilla y León, Spain.

Air quality
Excellent
PM10 12.7 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Zamora reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1133
2133
3133
4133
5133
6133
7144
8144
9144
10144
11144
12154
13154
14154
15154
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17154
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20154
21155
22155
23155
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26155
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28155
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30155
31165

How March really feels in Zamora

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
4
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Zamora weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 427.60.69.31.8
Feb11° / 316.10.710.32.9
Mar15° / 397.90.111.74.6
Apr17° / 489.4013.15.4
May21° / 468.6014.36.7
Jun26° / 13°255.2014.97.7
Jul29° / 15°133014.76.6
Aug29° / 15°133.1013.76.9
Sep25° / 12°274.4012.37.9
Oct19° / 638.3010.96.1
Nov12° / 517.809.73.5
Dec / 4880.59.12.0

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 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24555
34456
44456
54456
64456
74654
84654
94654
104753
114852
124852
134951
144951
155050
165149
175050
184951
195050
204951
214951
224852
234753
244753
254555
264555
274456
284456
294258
304258
314258

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Zamora gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 7.9 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 25% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1253
2252
3252
4252
5252
6251
7251
8241
9241
10231
11230
12230
13220
14220
15220
16230
17230
18230
19240
20240
21250
22250
23260
24260
25270
26280
27280
28290
29290
30300
31300

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
1712light breeze
1812light breeze
1912light breeze
2012light breeze
2112light breeze
2212light breeze
2313light breeze
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2513light breeze
2613light breeze
2713light breeze
2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
3113light 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 8:08 AM to 7:17 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 7:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.08:087:05
211.08:067:06
311.08:047:07
411.18:037:08
511.18:017:10
611.28:007:11
711.27:587:12
811.37:567:13
911.37:557:14
1011.47:537:15
1111.47:517:17
1211.57:507:18
1311.57:487:19
1411.67:467:20
1511.67:457:21
1611.77:437:22
1711.77:417:23
1811.87:407:25
1911.87:387:26
2011.87:367:27
2111.97:347:28
2211.97:337:29
2312.07:317:30
2412.07:297:31
2512.17:277:32
2612.17:267:33
2712.27:247:35
2812.27:227:36
2912.37:207:37
3012.37:197:38
3112.47:177:39

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.59 kWh/m² to a high of 7.63 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.6Moderate
23.6Moderate
33.7Moderate
43.8Moderate
53.8Moderate
63.9Moderate
73.9Moderate
84.0Moderate
94.0Bright
104.1Bright
114.2Bright
124.2Bright
134.3Bright
144.3Bright
154.4Bright
164.4Bright
174.5Bright
184.5Bright
194.5Bright
204.5Bright
214.6Bright
224.6Bright
234.6Bright
244.7Bright
254.7Bright
264.7Bright
274.8Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Zamora?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Zamora for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zamora in March

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

In March, Zamora sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Zamora 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 Zamora 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 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Zamora?

Zamora sits at 41.5°N, 5.7°W, 662 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Benavente, 55 km away.

Palencia

Topography around Zamora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zamora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 647 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 958 m.

The land around Zamora is covered by cropland (35%), grassland (30%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (68%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
243 m
80 km
958 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Benavente 55 km · Salamanca 60 km · Medina del Campo 73 km · Laguna de Duero 85 km · Valladolid 87 km · Bragança 91 km · Arevalo 99 km · Palencia 116 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
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

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 Zamora (41.5063°, -5.7446°, elevation 662 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. 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).