Climate averages 1991–2020
Benidorm weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Benidorm: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 7th 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 Alicante (37 km away). In March its highs average 17.8°C, about as warm as Benidorm, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Benidorm ranks 21st of 93 for the warmest March highs and joint 19th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Benidorm is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 44 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
Benidorm climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 37 | 5.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 5.4 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 18.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 37 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 44 | 7.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 33 | 5.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 14 | 2.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.7 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 13 | 3.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 49 | 6.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 48 | 6.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 47 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 15.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 9.510 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
- Alicante in MarchSpain · 37 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Gandia in MarchSpain · 48 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Elche in MarchSpain · 58 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Torrevieja in MarchSpain · 79 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Orihuela in MarchSpain · 87 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Torrent in MarchSpain · 104 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Valencia, Spain in MarchSpain · 106 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Murcia in MarchSpain · 107 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 34 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 Benidorm) is explained once on the Benidorm year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.