Climate averages 1991–2020
Algeciras 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 Algeciras: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Gibraltar (9 km away). In March its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Algeciras, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Algeciras ranks 36th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 80th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Algeciras is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 62 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
Algeciras climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 88 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 77 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 82 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 62 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 32 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 6.4 | 1.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 27.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 4.2 | 0.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 36 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 86 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 98 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 117 | 9.9 | 9.810 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
- Gibraltar in MarchGibraltar · 9 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Fnidek in MarchMorocco · 33 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Tangier in MarchMorocco · 51 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Martil in MarchMorocco · 60 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Tétouan in MarchMorocco · 62 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Marbella in MarchSpain · 66 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in MarchSpain · 70 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 65 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in MarchSpain · 77 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 65 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 Algeciras) is explained once on the Algeciras year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.