Climate averages 1991–2020
Mijas weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Mijas: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 Málaga (24 km away). In March its highs average 17.2°C, 2.4°C warmer than Mijas, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mijas ranks joint 71st of 93 for the warmest March highs and joint 66th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Mijas is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 35 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
Mijas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 64 | 7.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 54 | 6.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 55 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 35 | 5.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 20 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 5.2 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 26.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.2 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 23 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 56 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 72 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 79 | 7.9 | 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
- Málaga in MarchSpain · 24 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Marbella in MarchSpain · 24 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in MarchSpain · 52 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Gibraltar in MarchGibraltar · 81 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Algeciras in MarchSpain · 89 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Fnidek in MarchMorocco · 105 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Granada in MarchSpain · 113 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Martil in MarchMorocco · 123 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 68 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 Mijas) is explained once on the Mijas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.