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Places with the best weather in Europe in March: ranked by comfort score

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tops the list at 92 /100 in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in March: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (92 /100) , Murcia (91 /100) , Sevilla (91 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 27 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 92 /100 20 °C 15 °C 24 mm 5 354 h 19 °C
2 Murcia Spain 91 /100 20 °C 7.7 °C 37 mm 5 320 h –
3 Sevilla Spain 91 /100 20 °C 9.2 °C 55 mm 6 306 h –
4 Elche Spain 89 /100 19 °C 8.9 °C 31 mm 4 321 h 15 °C
5 Almería Spain 89 /100 19 °C 10 °C 26 mm 4 332 h 15 °C
6 Limassol Cyprus 88 /100 18 °C 11 °C 28 mm 6 341 h 17 °C
7 Córdoba Spain 88 /100 19 °C 8.0 °C 60 mm 7 306 h –
8 Nicosia Cyprus 87 /100 19 °C 9.0 °C 35 mm 6 338 h 17 °C
9 Valencia Spain 87 /100 18 °C 8.8 °C 38 mm 5 315 h 14 °C
10 Alicante Spain 86 /100 18 °C 10 °C 39 mm 6 324 h 15 °C
11 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 86 /100 19 °C 9.3 °C 58 mm 7 321 h 16 °C
12 Cartagena Spain 84 /100 17 °C 11 °C 29 mm 4 325 h 15 °C
13 Málaga Spain 84 /100 17 °C 11 °C 54 mm 7 318 h 15 °C
14 Badajoz Spain 84 /100 18 °C 7.5 °C 44 mm 7 297 h –
15 La Laguna Spain 84 /100 16 °C 13 °C 28 mm 5 350 h 19 °C
16 Castelló de la Plana Spain 81 /100 17 °C 8.4 °C 34 mm 5 316 h 14 °C
17 Palma Spain 81 /100 16 °C 10 °C 27 mm 5 330 h 14 °C
18 Marbella Spain 79 /100 17 °C 11 °C 77 mm 8 318 h 15 °C
19 Zaragoza Spain 79 /100 17 °C 6.2 °C 30 mm 5 311 h –
20 Catania Italy 79 /100 17 °C 8.8 °C 58 mm 7 311 h 15 °C
21 Gibraltar Gibraltar 77 /100 17 °C 12 °C 79 mm 8 320 h 15 °C
22 Lisbon Portugal 76 /100 17 °C 11 °C 53 mm 8 314 h 15 °C
23 Athens Greece 75 /100 16 °C 7.4 °C 50 mm 7 300 h 15 °C
24 Granada Spain 74 /100 17 °C 5.2 °C 66 mm 9 317 h –
25 Palermo Italy 74 /100 16 °C 9.8 °C 67 mm 10 321 h 15 °C
26 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 73 /100 16 °C 7.4 °C 44 mm 7 315 h 13 °C
27 Badalona Spain 73 /100 16 °C 7.0 °C 41 mm 7 316 h 13 °C
28 Valletta Malta 72 /100 15 °C 12 °C 32 mm 5 331 h 15 °C
29 Madrid Spain 72 /100 15 °C 4.0 °C 40 mm 6 304 h –
30 Ciudad Lineal Spain 71 /100 15 °C 3.6 °C 41 mm 6 305 h –
31 Alcalá de Henares Spain 71 /100 16 °C 4.0 °C 44 mm 7 299 h –
32 Albacete Spain 70 /100 15 °C 4.1 °C 40 mm 6 298 h –
33 Porto Portugal 70 /100 16 °C 8.2 °C 123 mm 10 296 h 14 °C
34 Toulon France 70 /100 14 °C 7.7 °C 47 mm 6 310 h 13 °C
35 Marseille France 70 /100 15 °C 7.3 °C 39 mm 6 314 h 13 °C
36 Terrassa Spain 70 /100 15 °C 5.3 °C 44 mm 7 315 h –
37 Sabadell Spain 70 /100 15 °C 5.8 °C 44 mm 7 314 h 13 °C
38 Nice France 69 /100 15 °C 6.8 °C 63 mm 8 305 h 14 °C
39 Monaco Monaco 69 /100 14 °C 7.1 °C 63 mm 7 306 h 14 °C
40 Bari Italy 68 /100 15 °C 8.7 °C 59 mm 9 304 h 14 °C
41 Montpellier France 68 /100 15 °C 6.3 °C 54 mm 6 308 h 12 °C
42 Taranto Italy 67 /100 15 °C 7.9 °C 59 mm 8 311 h 14 °C
43 Rome Italy 67 /100 15 °C 5.8 °C 75 mm 9 296 h –
44 Thessaloníki Greece 67 /100 15 °C 5.7 °C 61 mm 9 273 h 13 °C
45 Livorno Italy 67 /100 14 °C 7.5 °C 63 mm 8 299 h 14 °C
46 Braga Portugal 66 /100 16 °C 5.9 °C 146 mm 11 291 h –
47 Messina Italy 65 /100 16 °C 9.6 °C 100 mm 13 319 h 15 °C
48 Naples Italy 65 /100 15 °C 7.3 °C 103 mm 11 300 h 14 °C
49 Genoa Italy 65 /100 14 °C 6.5 °C 93 mm 9 270 h 14 °C
50 Durrës Albania 65 /100 14 °C 8.6 °C 114 mm 11 303 h 14 °C

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

February: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 91 /100
  2. La Laguna 82 /100
  3. Murcia 81 /100
  4. Sevilla 81 /100
  5. Elche 80 /100

Full ranking for February

April: top 5

  1. Limassol 98 /100
  2. Nicosia 97 /100
  3. Murcia 96 /100
  4. Elche 95 /100
  5. Sevilla 95 /100

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in March, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Europe with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.