Climate averages 1991–2020
Leiria 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 Leiria: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 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 Coimbra (61 km away). In March its highs average 17.6°C, about as warm as Leiria, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Leiria ranks joint 2nd of 12 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 16.7°C; Leiria is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 73 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
Leiria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 88 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 15.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 66 | 8.7 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 17.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 70 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 73 | 10.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 63 | 8.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 24.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 18 | 3.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 6.2 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.6 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 96 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 98 | 11.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 91 | 10.3 | 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
- Coimbra in MarchPortugal · 61 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Aveiro in MarchPortugal · 101 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Amadora in MarchPortugal · 116 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Queluz in MarchPortugal · 116 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Lisbon in MarchPortugal · 117 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Viseu in MarchPortugal · 127 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Setúbal in MarchPortugal · 136 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Porto in MarchPortugal · 157 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 121 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 Leiria) is explained once on the Leiria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.