Madrid in March
In March, Madrid has 35.3 mm (1.39 in) of rain, a daily high of 16.4 °C (61.5 °F) and a daily low of 6.3 °C (43.3 °F), as 1991-2020 means; figures in brackets are converted.
Last updated : what the month is like; shorter source notes.
Best time to visit Madrid: March misses our rule: nights are 1.7 °C under our 8 °C. Expect 5.4 rain days and days that grow by 1 h 20 min.
What March is like in Madrid
- Each year on the opening Friday of March, thousands of people come to kiss the feet of the Christ of Medinaceli. Its basilica stands in the Barrio de las Letras. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- When Holy Week falls in March, more than twenty processions wind through the streets. Their official route runs through the Centro district. Source: esMADRID (Madrid Destino, Ayuntamiento de Madrid), checked .
- Almond trees burst into blossom at the Quinta de los Molinos in February or March, depending on the year. Many stand by the side gate on Calle de Alcalá. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
Key figures
Weather in March, 1991-2020 means
- Daily high
- 16.4 °C (61.5 °F)
- Daily low
- 6.3 °C (43.3 °F)
- Rain
- 35.3 mm (1.39 in) in the month
- Sunshine
- no data
Climate normals 1991-2020, computed by AEMET and submitted to the World Meteorological Organization. Checked .
Station: Madrid Retiro, 2.2 km from the city centre point.
How we define and convert these figures
Notes. Sunshine: the source file has no row for this measure.
Daylight on 15 March 2026
- Sunrise
- 07:27 local time
- Sunset
- 19:21 local time
- Day length
- 11 h 55 min
Day length 1-31 March: 11 h 18 min to 12 h 38 min, +1 h 20 min.
Source: NOAA Solar Calculator equations, checked .
Clocks go forward one hour on Sunday 29 March 2026 at 02:00 (UTC+1 to UTC+2); in 2027 on 28 March.
Source: tz database 2026d, checked .
Month by month
Each month: daily high in °C, then rain in mm, 1991-2020 means.
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
This month against the year
| Measure | March | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Daily high | 16.4 °C | 5th coldest |
| Daily low | 6.3 °C | 4th coldest |
| Rain | 35.3 mm | 6th wettest |
| Sunshine | no data | no data |
| Day length | 11 h 55 min | 6th shortest |
Equal values share a rank. How we rank months
Madrid in March, on average: 5.4 rain days (1 mm or more), 0.7 frost days (low below 0 °C), 0.0 hot days (high 30 °C or more).
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
Day length: NOAA solar equations, checked .
Public holidays this month
March 2026: none.
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Friday | Saint Joseph's Day (Madrid region holiday) |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday (Madrid region holiday) |
| Friday | Good Friday |
Typed from the official list and re-checked, .
English names are from the holidays library where the official list gives none. How we check holidays
Source: Official public holiday list (datos.madrid.es), checked ; holidays Python library, checked . Library: holidays 0.105.
Same month in 20 cities
Madrid is warmer than 13 of our 20 cities in March by mean daily high. How we rank cities
Closest high and low in March: Rome (0.5 °C apart), Osaka (1.3), Barcelona (1.5).
| City | Gap from Madrid, °C | High, °C | Low, °C | Rain, mm | Sunshine, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid (this page) | — | 16.4 | 6.3 | 35.3 | no data |
| Rome (closest) | 0.5 | 15.8 | 5.9 | no data | no data |
| Osaka (closest) | 1.3 | 14.2 | 6.0 | 103.1 | 172.2 |
| Barcelona (closest) | 1.5 | 16.8 | 8.8 | 41.7 | 194.9 |
| Hiroshima | 1.6 | 14.5 | 5.1 | 118.3 | 176.7 |
| Tokyo | 1.8 | 14.2 | 5.0 | 116.0 | 175.3 |
| Paris | 2.2 | 12.8 | 5.6 | 45.2 | 134.0 |
| London | 2.9 | 11.9 | 5.1 | 37.0 | no data |
| Seville | 4.2 | 21.5 | 9.5 | 46.9 | 246.3 |
| Vienna | 4.7 | 10.7 | 2.6 | 51.6 | 155.1 |
| Amsterdam | 4.9 | 10.1 | 2.8 | 51.8 | 146.0 |
| Los Angeles | 4.9 | 21.1 | 11.3 | 56.6 | no data |
| New York | 5.4 | 9.9 | 2.1 | 109.0 | no data |
| Munich | 5.5 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 61.2 | 145.3 |
| Berlin | 6.2 | 9.0 | 1.4 | 40.5 | 123.7 |
| Prague | 6.3 | 9.3 | 0.9 | 31.0 | 126.9 |
| Chicago | 7.5 | 8.3 | -0.6 | 62.2 | no data |
| Hong Kong | 8.4 | 21.9 | 17.6 | 75.3 | 100.0 |
| Buenos Aires | 11.0 | 27.0 | 17.7 | 120.0 | 215.5 |
| Singapore | 17.2 | 32.2 | 24.9 | 151.7 | no data |
Sources (1991-2020): WMO climate normals and NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, checked , ; Hong Kong: our 1991-2020 mean of the Hong Kong Observatory daily climate series on DATA.GOV.HK; Singapore: our 1991-2020 mean of the National Environment Agency monthly climate series on data.gov.sg; both checked . Each city's page names its station. All sources in full on Methodology.
Hong Kong figures: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Observatory own the intellectual property rights in the data; attribution to them and DATA.GOV.HK. Licence: Terms and Conditions of Use of DATA.GOV.HK, version 1.2.
Singapore figures: Contains information from the National Environment Agency on data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence). The Agency does not endorse our means.
Sources
- WMO Member Nations (each national weather service's own submission); archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Attribution: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808). Station files named in each record. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed on the check date shown. Licence: No licence stated. Published by NOAA NCEI for WMO; citation requested. Checked .
- NOAA Solar Calculator equations, computed locally, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (method); City by Month (computation). Attribution: Computed with the NOAA Solar Calculator method (no NOAA endorsement implied). Licence: Method, not data. Checked .
- IANA Time Zone Database, read through the PyPI tzdata package. Attribution: IANA Time Zone Database. Licence: Public-domain data. Checked .
- holidays Python library, run locally. Attribution: holidays library, Vacanza team. Licence: MIT. Checked .
Official sources
Cite this page: City by Month. "Madrid in March: weather, daylight, holidays". https://citybymonth.com/cities/spain/madrid/march/. Last updated 5 November 2026.