Climate averages 1991–2020
Palencia weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry 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 Palencia: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 Valladolid (43 km away). In March its highs average 14.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Palencia, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Palencia ranks 87th of 93 for the warmest March highs and joint 21st of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Palencia is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 50 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
Palencia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 32 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 13.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 38 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 50 | 10.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 51 | 9.5 | 14.515 h |
| June | 25.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.2 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 17 | 3.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 28.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 14 | 3.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 29 | 5.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 56 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 52 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 8.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 9.29 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
- Valladolid in MarchSpain · 43 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Burgos in MarchSpain · 77 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 50 mm rain
- León, Spain in MarchSpain · 108 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Salamanca, Spain in MarchSpain · 150 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Santander in MarchSpain · 172 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in MarchSpain · 177 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Logroño in MarchSpain · 178 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 53 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in MarchSpain · 178 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 39 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 Palencia) is explained once on the Palencia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.