Climate averages 1991–2020
Torrevieja weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Torrevieja: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orihuela (26 km away). In March its highs average 20.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Torrevieja, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Torrevieja ranks joint 13th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Torrevieja is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 28 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
Torrevieja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 27 | 4.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 16.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 19 | 3.7 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 18.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 28 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 28 | 4.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 20 | 3.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 7.3 | 1.4 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 6.7 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 37 | 4.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 36 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 19.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 33 | 5.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 24 | 4.3 | 9.610 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
- Orihuela in MarchSpain · 26 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Elche in MarchSpain · 32 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Murcia in MarchSpain · 39 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Alicante in MarchSpain · 44 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in MarchSpain · 50 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Benidorm in MarchSpain · 79 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Lorca in MarchSpain · 96 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Gandia in MarchSpain · 118 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 53 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 Torrevieja) is explained once on the Torrevieja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.