Climate averages 1991–2020
Albacete weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Albacete: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 11th 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 Orihuela (129 km away). In March its highs average 20.3°C, 5.1°C warmer than Albacete, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Albacete ranks joint 64th of 93 for the warmest March highs and joint 23rd of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Albacete is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 43 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
Albacete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 28 | 5.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 11.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 25 | 5.0 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 15.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 39 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 43 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 21 | 3.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 6.8 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 18 | 3.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 35 | 5.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 35 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 37 | 6.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 10.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 9.59 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
- Orihuela in MarchSpain · 129 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Murcia in MarchSpain · 129 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Elche in MarchSpain · 129 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Torrent in MarchSpain · 130 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Valencia, Spain in MarchSpain · 138 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Alicante in MarchSpain · 139 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Gandia in MarchSpain · 145 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Lorca in MarchSpain · 148 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 39 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 Albacete) is explained once on the Albacete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.