Climate averages 1991–2020
Vélez-Málaga weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Vélez-Málaga: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 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 Málaga (29 km away). In March its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Vélez-Málaga, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Vélez-Málaga ranks joint 30th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 59th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Vélez-Málaga is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 38 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
Vélez-Málaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 56 | 7.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 48 | 7.1 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 51 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 6.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 24 | 4.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.7 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 19 | 3.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 6.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 67 | 7.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 72 | 7.6 | 9.710 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
- Málaga in MarchSpain · 29 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Mijas in MarchSpain · 52 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Granada in MarchSpain · 63 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Marbella in MarchSpain · 76 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Jaén in MarchSpain · 113 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 63 mm rain
- El Ejido in MarchSpain · 115 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Gibraltar in MarchGibraltar · 132 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in MarchSpain · 133 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 25 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 Vélez-Málaga) is explained once on the Vélez-Málaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.