Climate averages 1991–2020
Funchal weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Funchal: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (471 km away). In March its highs average 19.3°C, 1.9°C warmer than Funchal, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Funchal ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 16.7°C; Funchal is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 47 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
Funchal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 51 | 8.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 53 | 7.9 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 17.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 56 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 8.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 19.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 28 | 7.4 | 13.814 h |
| June | 22.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 13 | 3.5 | 14.314 h |
| July | 24.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 3.9 | 1.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 25.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 6.6 | 2.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 25 | 7.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 69 | 11.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 64 | 11.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 17.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 83 | 10.4 | 10.010 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
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in MarchSpain · 471 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Arona in MarchSpain · 508 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in MarchSpain · 528 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Telde in MarchSpain · 539 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in MarchSpain · 545 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Essaouira in MarchMorocco · 686 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Laayoune in MarchWestern Sahara · 712 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Safi in MarchMorocco · 722 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 31 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 Funchal) is explained once on the Funchal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.