Climate averages 1991–2020
Pamplona weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Pamplona: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Donostia / San Sebastián (61 km away). In March its highs average 13.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Pamplona, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Pamplona ranks 90th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 76th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Pamplona is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 80 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
Pamplona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 68 | 11.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 60 | 10.3 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 12.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 66 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 80 | 13.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 69 | 11.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 26 | 5.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 42 | 6.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 75 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 82 | 12.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 66 | 10.6 | 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
- Donostia / San Sebastián in MarchSpain · 61 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Logroño in MarchSpain · 77 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in MarchSpain · 84 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Bilbao in MarchSpain · 115 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Pau in MarchFrance · 118 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 107 mm rain
- Barakaldo in MarchSpain · 122 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Zaragoza in MarchSpain · 144 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Burgos in MarchSpain · 177 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 50 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 Pamplona) is explained once on the Pamplona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.