Climate averages 1991–2020
Coimbra weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Coimbra: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aveiro (52 km away). In March its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as Coimbra, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Coimbra ranks joint 2nd of 12 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 16.7°C; Coimbra is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 92 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
Coimbra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 108 | 10.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 14.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 81 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 17.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 92 | 10.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 73 | 9.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 23 | 5.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 8.5 | 2.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 14 | 3.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 49 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 117 | 11.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 117 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 14.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 111 | 10.9 | 9.49 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
- Aveiro in MarchPortugal · 52 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Leiria in MarchPortugal · 61 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Viseu in MarchPortugal · 67 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Porto in MarchPortugal · 106 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Braga in MarchPortugal · 150 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Amadora in MarchPortugal · 176 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Lisbon in MarchPortugal · 176 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Queluz in MarchPortugal · 176 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 53 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 Coimbra) is explained once on the Coimbra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.