Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena, Spain weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th 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 Cartagena, Spain: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 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 Murcia (45 km away). In March its highs average 20.0°C, 2.8°C warmer than Cartagena, Spain, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Cartagena, Spain ranks joint 33rd of 93 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Cartagena, Spain is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 22 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
Cartagena, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 35 | 4.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 22 | 3.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 4.5 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 33 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 36 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 4.7 | 9.610 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
- Murcia in MarchSpain · 45 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Torrevieja in MarchSpain · 50 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Orihuela in MarchSpain · 54 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Lorca in MarchSpain · 64 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Elche in MarchSpain · 77 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Alicante in MarchSpain · 94 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Benidorm in MarchSpain · 128 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Almería in MarchSpain · 156 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 25 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 Cartagena) is explained once on the Cartagena, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.