Climate averages 1991–2020
Santander weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th 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 Santander: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a 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 Barakaldo (69 km away). In March its highs average 14.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Santander, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santander ranks joint 60th of 93 for the warmest March highs and joint 87th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Santander is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 103 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
Santander climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 115 | 14.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 104 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 15.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 104 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 103 | 14.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 86 | 14.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 10.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 23.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 54 | 10.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 60 | 10.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 78 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 109 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 150 | 15.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 13.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 114 | 13.9 | 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
- Barakaldo in MarchSpain · 69 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Bilbao in MarchSpain · 75 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in MarchSpain · 115 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Burgos in MarchSpain · 125 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in MarchSpain · 149 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Gijón in MarchSpain · 150 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 107 mm rain
- Logroño in MarchSpain · 156 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Oviedo in MarchSpain · 165 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 99 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 Santander) is explained once on the Santander year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.