Weather in Granada in March

A good month. March works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 16.3 °C, lows 6.8 °C, and rain falls on 7 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

March ranks 8 of 12 in Granada: past the worst of the year but short of May, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 7 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 16.3 °C days and 6.8 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest March day reached 27.2 °C and the coldest night fell to -1.3 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 54 mm — roughly 96% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. March rainfall has ranged from 6 mm to 189 mm across the twenty years measured — a 183 mm spread around an average of 56 mm. The average is real but almost no individual March looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 10.5 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 69%.

How March sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 2.6 °C warmer than February, and April adds another 2.5 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in March

11.9 hours of daylight, gaining 1.2 hours across the month. That is between Granada's extremes of 14.7 and 9.6 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 27.7 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Quiet. Few other visitors, cheaper rooms, and a real chance some seasonal operators are shut.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

March in Granada versus nearby

If Granada is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Málaga is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days more rain. Sevilla is a better bet in March — 4.2 °C warmer, 1 day more rain.

So: March works, with May the better month by 18 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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