Climate averages 1991–2020
León, Spain weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th 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 León, Spain: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Oviedo (87 km away). In March its highs average 14.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than León, Spain, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, León, Spain ranks 92nd of 93 for the warmest March highs and joint 53rd of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; León, Spain is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 51 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
León, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 54 | 8.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.2°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 34 | 6.9 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 44 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 51 | 10.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 50 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 31 | 5.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 19 | 3.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 20 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 5.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.8°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 70 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 58 | 9.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 59 | 8.9 | 9.19 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
- Oviedo in MarchSpain · 87 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Gijón in MarchSpain · 104 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 107 mm rain
- Palencia in MarchSpain · 108 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Avilés in MarchSpain · 110 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Valladolid in MarchSpain · 126 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Burgos in MarchSpain · 156 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Lugo in MarchSpain · 168 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Santander in MarchSpain · 173 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 104 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 León) is explained once on the León, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.