Climate averages 1991–2020
Donostia / San Sebastián weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Donostia / San Sebastián: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th 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 Pamplona (61 km away). In March its highs average 12.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Donostia / San Sebastián, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Donostia / San Sebastián ranks joint 84th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 91st of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Donostia / San Sebastián is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 127 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
Donostia / San Sebastián climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 135 | 15.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 123 | 14.1 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 13.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 114 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 127 | 16.1 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 117 | 15.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 93 | 12.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 22.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 82 | 12.6 | 15.115 h |
| August | 23.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 89 | 12.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 96 | 12.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 128 | 14.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 170 | 15.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 138 | 15.1 | 9.09 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
- Pamplona in MarchSpain · 61 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in MarchSpain · 77 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Bilbao in MarchSpain · 77 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Barakaldo in MarchSpain · 82 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Logroño in MarchSpain · 102 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Pau in MarchFrance · 131 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 107 mm rain
- Santander in MarchSpain · 149 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 104 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 Donostia / San Sebastián) is explained once on the Donostia / San Sebastián year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.