Climate averages 1991–2020
Pontevedra weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Pontevedra: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Vigo (23 km away). In March its highs average 15.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Pontevedra, with 158 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Pontevedra ranks joint 48th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 92nd of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Pontevedra is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 137 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
Pontevedra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 197 | 14.4 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 131 | 11.1 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 16.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 141 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 137 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 114 | 12.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 57 | 7.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 34 | 5.3 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 48 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 199 | 13.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 204 | 14.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 13.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 198 | 14.5 | 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
- Vigo in MarchSpain · 23 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in MarchSpain · 51 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Ourense in MarchSpain · 65 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Braga in MarchPortugal · 100 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 147 mm rain
- A Coruña in MarchSpain · 107 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Lugo in MarchSpain · 110 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Porto in MarchPortugal · 143 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Aveiro in MarchPortugal · 199 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 95 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 Pontevedra) is explained once on the Pontevedra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.