Climate averages 1991–2020
Gijón weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Gijón: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Avilés (21 km away). In March its highs average 13.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Gijón, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Gijón ranks joint 77th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 90th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Gijón is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 107 mm to 119 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
Gijón climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 120 | 14.6 | 9.39 h |
| February | 12.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 102 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 14.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 107 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 119 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 109 | 15.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 78 | 12.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 21.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 22.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 72 | 12.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 81 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 123 | 14.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 151 | 16.0 | 9.710 h |
| December | 13.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 121 | 13.8 | 9.09 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
- Avilés in MarchSpain · 21 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Oviedo in MarchSpain · 24 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 99 mm rain
- León, Spain in MarchSpain · 104 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Santander in MarchSpain · 150 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Lugo in MarchSpain · 164 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Palencia in MarchSpain · 193 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Burgos in MarchSpain · 208 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Barakaldo in MarchSpain · 218 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 98 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 Gijón) is explained once on the Gijón year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.