Climate averages 1991–2020
El Ejido weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in El Ejido: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 10th 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 Roquetas de Mar (18 km away). In March its highs average 17.6°C, about as warm as El Ejido, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, El Ejido ranks joint 30th of 93 for the warmest March highs and joint 13th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; El Ejido is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 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
El Ejido climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 29 | 5.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 27 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 30 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 22 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 18 | 4.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 8.2 | 1.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 6.2 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 17 | 3.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 34 | 4.9 | 9.710 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
- Roquetas de Mar in MarchSpain · 18 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Almería in MarchSpain · 32 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Granada in MarchSpain · 84 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in MarchSpain · 115 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Lorca in MarchSpain · 140 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Jaén in MarchSpain · 140 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Málaga in MarchSpain · 143 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Mijas in MarchSpain · 164 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 55 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 El Ejido) is explained once on the El Ejido year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.