Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de Compostela weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Santiago de Compostela: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 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 Pontevedra (51 km away). In March its highs average 16.0°C, 1.9°C warmer than Santiago de Compostela, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santiago de Compostela ranks joint 82nd of 93 for the warmest March highs and 89th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Santiago de Compostela is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 115 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
Santiago de Compostela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 141 | 13.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 101 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 14.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 106 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 115 | 14.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 92 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 23.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 30 | 5.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 44 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 69 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 140 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 151 | 15.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 142 | 13.8 | 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
- Pontevedra in MarchSpain · 51 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 141 mm rain
- A Coruña in MarchSpain · 56 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Vigo in MarchSpain · 73 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Lugo in MarchSpain · 82 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Ourense in MarchSpain · 82 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Braga in MarchPortugal · 148 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Porto in MarchPortugal · 193 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Avilés in MarchSpain · 225 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 104 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 Santiago de Compostela) is explained once on the Santiago de Compostela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.