Climate averages 1991–2020
Braga weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Braga: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto (47 km away). In March its highs average 16.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Braga, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Braga ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 16.7°C; Braga is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 147 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Braga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 191 | 12.5 | 9.510 h |
| February | 13.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 126 | 9.8 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 15.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 147 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 142 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 121 | 11.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 48 | 6.6 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 28 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 4.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 79 | 6.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 210 | 13.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 200 | 13.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 205 | 13.1 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Porto in MarchPortugal · 47 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Vigo in MarchSpain · 80 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Ourense in MarchSpain · 99 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Pontevedra in MarchSpain · 100 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 141 mm rain
- Aveiro in MarchPortugal · 102 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Viseu in MarchPortugal · 108 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in MarchSpain · 148 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Coimbra in MarchPortugal · 150 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 85 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Braga) is explained once on the Braga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.