Climate averages 1991–2020
Faro weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Faro: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huelva (92 km away). In March its highs average 19.7°C, 2.7°C warmer than Faro, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Faro ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 16.7°C; Faro is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 42 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
Faro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 7.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 47 | 5.6 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 53 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 42 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 24 | 4.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 19 | 2.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 67 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 90 | 7.7 | 9.710 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
- Huelva in MarchSpain · 92 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Cadiz, Spain in MarchSpain · 156 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Jerez de la Frontera in MarchSpain · 164 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 56 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in MarchSpain · 165 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in MarchSpain · 172 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Sevilla in MarchSpain · 178 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Dos Hermanas in MarchSpain · 180 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Setúbal in MarchPortugal · 188 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 48 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 Faro) is explained once on the Faro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.