Climate averages 1991–2020

Vigo weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 15.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 7.8°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 158 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Vigo: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 (23 km away). In March its highs average 16.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Vigo, with 141 mm of rain.

Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Vigo ranks joint 64th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 93rd of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Vigo is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 152 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Vigo climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Vigo, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	12.3°C6.5°C	6.5°C	221	14.6	9.59 h
February	13.1°C6.4°C	6.4°C	149	11.2	10.511 h
March, selected	15.2°C7.8°C	7.8°C	158	11.6	11.912 h
April	16.2°C9.1°C	9.1°C	152	13.4	13.313 h
May	18.6°C11.4°C	11.4°C	118	12.3	14.615 h
June	21.4°C14.0°C	14.0°C	57	7.6	15.215 h
July	23.6°C15.8°C	15.8°C	35	5.2	14.915 h
August	23.9°C16.1°C	16.1°C	49	6.0	13.914 h
September	22.0°C14.6°C	14.6°C	88	8.7	12.513 h
October	18.8°C12.4°C	12.4°C	214	13.5	11.111 h
November	14.9°C9.3°C	9.3°C	235	15.2	9.810 h
December	13.1°C7.4°C	7.4°C	224	15.0	9.29 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

Distance from Vigo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Vigo) is explained once on the Vigo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.