Climate averages 1991–2020
Ourense weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Ourense: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 7th 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 Pontevedra (65 km away). In March its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Ourense, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Ourense ranks joint 51st of 93 for the warmest March highs and 81st of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Ourense is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 84 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
Ourense climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 12.4 | 9.59 h |
| February | 12.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 77 | 10.0 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 15.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 84 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 84 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 72 | 11.8 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 43 | 7.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 26.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 27 | 5.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 48 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 110 | 11.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 112 | 13.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 114 | 12.3 | 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
- Pontevedra in MarchSpain · 65 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 141 mm rain
- Vigo in MarchSpain · 72 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Lugo in MarchSpain · 79 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in MarchSpain · 82 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Braga in MarchPortugal · 99 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 147 mm rain
- A Coruña in MarchSpain · 123 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Porto in MarchPortugal · 146 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Viseu in MarchPortugal · 186 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 115 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 Ourense) is explained once on the Ourense year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.