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Porto in March

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Porto is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 46°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 18 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Porto is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
46°F8°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 36% of days
Daylight
11h 52mon average

Is March a good time to visit Porto?

March sits outside Porto's best months, which run from June to September. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 64°F in March, against 58°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in March, against 14°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

36% of days in March, against 13% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in March, against 25% to 62% through the year.

Daylight

11h 52m in March, against 9h 15m to 15h 05m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February60°16°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March64°18°low 46°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April67°19°low 50°low 10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Porto sits, in March

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:48 AMsets 6:40 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
41.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Valença do Douro88 km east

The land around Porto, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Portugal in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Porto

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Porto. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.