Climate averages 1991–2020
Jaén weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th 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 Jaén: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 Granada (67 km away). In March its highs average 16.6°C, about as warm as Jaén, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Jaén ranks joint 37th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 72nd of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Jaén is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 69 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
Jaén climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 56 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 54 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 63 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 69 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 56 | 8.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 23 | 3.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 14.515 h |
| August | 33.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 13 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 42 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 65 | 8.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 69 | 8.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 8.3 | 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
- Granada in MarchSpain · 67 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Córdoba, Spain in MarchSpain · 87 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in MarchSpain · 113 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Málaga in MarchSpain · 129 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Ciudad Real in MarchSpain · 136 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 43 mm rain
- El Ejido in MarchSpain · 140 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Mijas in MarchSpain · 151 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in MarchSpain · 153 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.2°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 Jaén) is explained once on the Jaén year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.