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The warmest places in Europe in March: ranked by average high temperature

Sevilla tops the list at 20 °C in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in March: Sevilla (20 °C) , Murcia (20 °C) , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (20 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 5.5 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Sevilla Spain 20 °C 20 °C 9.2 °C 55 mm 6 306 h –
2 Murcia Spain 20 °C 20 °C 7.7 °C 37 mm 5 320 h –
3 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 20 °C 20 °C 15 °C 24 mm 5 354 h 19 °C
4 Córdoba Spain 19 °C 19 °C 8.0 °C 60 mm 7 306 h –
5 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 19 °C 19 °C 9.3 °C 58 mm 7 321 h 16 °C
6 Almería Spain 19 °C 19 °C 10 °C 26 mm 4 332 h 15 °C
7 Elche Spain 19 °C 19 °C 8.9 °C 31 mm 4 321 h 15 °C
8 Nicosia Cyprus 19 °C 19 °C 9.0 °C 35 mm 6 338 h 17 °C
9 Badajoz Spain 18 °C 18 °C 7.5 °C 44 mm 7 297 h –
10 Valencia Spain 18 °C 18 °C 8.8 °C 38 mm 5 315 h 14 °C
11 Limassol Cyprus 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 28 mm 6 341 h 17 °C
12 Alicante Spain 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 39 mm 6 324 h 15 °C
13 Málaga Spain 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 54 mm 7 318 h 15 °C
14 Zaragoza Spain 17 °C 17 °C 6.2 °C 30 mm 5 311 h –
15 Cartagena Spain 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 29 mm 4 325 h 15 °C
16 Gibraltar Gibraltar 17 °C 17 °C 12 °C 79 mm 8 320 h 15 °C
17 Marbella Spain 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 77 mm 8 318 h 15 °C
18 Catania Italy 17 °C 17 °C 8.8 °C 58 mm 7 311 h 15 °C
19 Lisbon Portugal 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 53 mm 8 314 h 15 °C
20 Castelló de la Plana Spain 17 °C 17 °C 8.4 °C 34 mm 5 316 h 14 °C
21 Granada Spain 17 °C 17 °C 5.2 °C 66 mm 9 317 h –
22 Palma Spain 16 °C 16 °C 10 °C 27 mm 5 330 h 14 °C
23 Palermo Italy 16 °C 16 °C 9.8 °C 67 mm 10 321 h 15 °C
24 Porto Portugal 16 °C 16 °C 8.2 °C 123 mm 10 296 h 14 °C
25 La Laguna Spain 16 °C 16 °C 13 °C 28 mm 5 350 h 19 °C
26 Badalona Spain 16 °C 16 °C 7.0 °C 41 mm 7 316 h 13 °C
27 Braga Portugal 16 °C 16 °C 5.9 °C 146 mm 11 291 h –
28 Athens Greece 16 °C 16 °C 7.4 °C 50 mm 7 300 h 15 °C
29 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 16 °C 16 °C 7.4 °C 44 mm 7 315 h 13 °C
30 Alcalá de Henares Spain 16 °C 16 °C 4.0 °C 44 mm 7 299 h –
31 Messina Italy 16 °C 16 °C 9.6 °C 100 mm 13 319 h 15 °C
32 Valletta Malta 15 °C 15 °C 12 °C 32 mm 5 331 h 15 °C
33 Madrid Spain 15 °C 15 °C 4.0 °C 40 mm 6 304 h –
34 Terrassa Spain 15 °C 15 °C 5.3 °C 44 mm 7 315 h –
35 Albacete Spain 15 °C 15 °C 4.1 °C 40 mm 6 298 h –
36 Sabadell Spain 15 °C 15 °C 5.8 °C 44 mm 7 314 h 13 °C
37 Vigo Spain 15 °C 15 °C 7.7 °C 156 mm 11 287 h 13 °C
38 Rome Italy 15 °C 15 °C 5.8 °C 75 mm 9 296 h –
39 Ciudad Lineal Spain 15 °C 15 °C 3.6 °C 41 mm 6 305 h –
40 Reggio Calabria Italy 15 °C 15 °C 8.2 °C 115 mm 13 319 h 15 °C
41 Tirana Albania 15 °C 15 °C 5.1 °C 117 mm 11 299 h –
42 Pátra Greece 15 °C 15 °C 6.8 °C 101 mm 12 302 h 15 °C
43 Taranto Italy 15 °C 15 °C 7.9 °C 59 mm 8 311 h 14 °C
44 Santander Spain 15 °C 15 °C 6.9 °C 106 mm 13 291 h 13 °C
45 Montpellier France 15 °C 15 °C 6.3 °C 54 mm 6 308 h 12 °C
46 Naples Italy 15 °C 15 °C 7.3 °C 103 mm 11 300 h 14 °C
47 Bordeaux France 15 °C 15 °C 5.3 °C 54 mm 10 275 h –
48 A Coruña Spain 15 °C 15 °C 8.2 °C 104 mm 12 273 h 13 °C
49 Thessaloníki Greece 15 °C 15 °C 5.7 °C 61 mm 9 273 h 13 °C
50 Bari Italy 15 °C 15 °C 8.7 °C 59 mm 9 304 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 19 °C
  2. Murcia 17 °C
  3. Sevilla 17 °C
  4. Almería 17 °C
  5. Jerez de la Frontera 17 °C

Full ranking for February

April: top 5

  1. Longyearbyen -8.1 °C
  2. Surgut 0.7 °C
  3. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 1.1 °C
  4. Nizhnevartovsk 1.4 °C
  5. Yakutsk 1.6 °C

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, 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 population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering 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.