Climate averages 1991–2020
Málaga weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Málaga: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 Mijas (24 km away). In March its highs average 14.8°C, 2.4°C cooler than Málaga, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Málaga ranks joint 33rd of 93 for the warmest March highs and joint 60th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Málaga is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 41 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
Málaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 56 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 49 | 6.5 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 53 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 41 | 6.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 26 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 8.5 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 4.4 | 0.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 24 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 54 | 6.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 69 | 7.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 70 | 7.6 | 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
- Mijas in MarchSpain · 24 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in MarchSpain · 29 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Marbella in MarchSpain · 47 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Granada in MarchSpain · 89 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Gibraltar in MarchGibraltar · 105 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Algeciras in MarchSpain · 113 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Fnidek in MarchMorocco · 128 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Jaén in MarchSpain · 129 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 63 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 Málaga) is explained once on the Málaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.