Climate averages 1991–2020

Mataró weather
in March.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 15.1°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 8.2°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 47 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Mataró · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Mataró: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 4th 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 Badalona (19 km away). In March its highs average 15.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Mataró, with 40 mm of rain.

Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mataró ranks joint 67th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 57th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Mataró is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 55 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mataró climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Mataró, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.3°C6.1°C6.1°C527.09.510 h
February 12.9°C6.3°C6.3°C477.210.611 h
March, selected 15.1°C8.2°C8.2°C477.311.912 h
April 17.0°C10.2°C10.2°C558.513.313 h
May 20.2°C13.6°C13.6°C487.814.514 h
June 24.0°C17.5°C17.5°C395.815.115 h
July 26.8°C20.4°C20.4°C315.214.915 h
August 27.1°C21.0°C21.0°C436.913.814 h
September 23.8°C18.1°C18.1°C8611.012.513 h
October 20.2°C14.9°C14.9°C10610.911.111 h
November 15.8°C10.2°C10.2°C749.09.910 h
December 13.0°C7.2°C7.2°C537.09.29 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

Distance from Mataró

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mataró) is explained once on the Mataró year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.