Where is warm in March? The warmest towns in Portugal

In March, the warmest towns in Portugal are Mértola, Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António, with average highs of 19.7°C, 19.3°C and 19.3°C. Across the 100 warmest towns, highs run from 18.1°C to 19.7°C.

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MértolaAlentejo, PortugalPhoto: Christian Marques, CC BY 2.0

High: 19.7°C
Low: 9.3°C
Rain days: 7
Sea: –
Crowds: Low

Castro MarimAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0

High: 19.3°C
Low: 10.6°C
Rain days: 6
Sea: 15.7°C
Crowds: Low

Vila Real de Santo AntónioAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0

High: 19.3°C
Low: 10.5°C
Rain days: 6
Sea: 15.7°C
Crowds: Low

Cabanas de TaviraAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: digfish, CC BY-SA 2.5

High: 19.2°C
Low: 10.9°C
Rain days: 7
Sea: 15.7°C
Crowds: Low

AlturaAlgarve, Portugal

High: 19.2°C
Low: 10.7°C
Rain days: 7
Sea: 15.7°C
Crowds: Low

Monte GordoAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: Lucidedits, CC BY-SA 4.0

High: 19.1°C
Low: 10.7°C
Rain days: 7
Sea: 15.7°C
Crowds: Low

ErmidasAlentejo, Portugal

High: 19.1°C
Low: 8.9°C
Rain days: 8
Sea: –
Crowds: Low

Manta RotaAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: Manuel Correia, Public domain

High: 19.1°C
Low: 10.6°C
Rain days: 7
Sea: 15.7°C
Crowds: Low

Minas de São DomingosAlentejo, PortugalPhoto: Paulo Juntas, CC BY-SA 2.5

High: 19.1°C
Low: 8.5°C
Rain days: 8
Sea: –
Crowds: Low

ConceiçãoAlgarve, Portugal

High: 19.0°C
Low: 10.8°C
Rain days: 7
Sea: 15.7°C
Crowds: Low

Vila Nova de CacelaAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 2.5

High: 19.0°C
Low: 10.6°C
Rain days: 7
Sea: 15.7°C
Crowds: Low

CorucheOeste e Vale do Tejo, PortugalPhoto: Pedro from Maia (Porto), Portugal, CC BY 2.0

High: 19.0°C
Low: 8.7°C
Rain days: 8
Sea: –
Crowds: Low

AlbufeiraAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: Kolforn (Kolforn) I'd appreciate if you could mail me (Kolforn@gmail.com) if you want to use this picture out of the Wikimedia project scope. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue, CC BY-SA 4.0

High: 19.0°C
Low: 10.3°C
Rain days: 8
Sea: 15.5°C
Crowds: Low

NevesAlentejo, Portugal

High: 19.0°C
Low: 8.2°C
Rain days: 7
Sea: –
Crowds: Low

São Marcos da SerraAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: Beeston, CC BY 3.0

High: 18.9°C
Low: 9.1°C
Rain days: 8
Sea: –
Crowds: Low

Ferreira do AlentejoAlentejo, PortugalPhoto: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0

High: 18.9°C
Low: 8.2°C
Rain days: 8
Sea: –
Crowds: Low

São Bartolomeu de MessinesAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: muffinn from Worcester, UK, CC BY 2.0

High: 18.9°C
Low: 9.0°C
Rain days: 8
Sea: –
Crowds: Low

AlcantarilhaAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: Bextrel, CC BY-SA 4.0

High: 18.9°C
Low: 10.2°C
Rain days: 8
Sea: 15.5°C
Crowds: Low

Armação de PêraAlgarve, PortugalPhoto: Pmk58, CC BY-SA 4.0

High: 18.9°C
Low: 10.4°C
Rain days: 8
Sea: 15.5°C
Crowds: Low

MouraAlentejo, PortugalPhoto: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0

High: 18.8°C
Low: 8.3°C
Rain days: 8
Sea: –
Crowds: Low

Places 21 to 100

Rank	Town	Region	High	Low	Rain days
21	Azinhaga (Golegã)	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.8°C	8.6°C	8
22	Salvada	Alentejo	18.8°C	8.0°C	7
23	Algoz	Algarve	18.8°C	10.1°C	8
24	Pêra	Algarve	18.8°C	10.1°C	8
25	Paderne	Algarve	18.8°C	10.0°C	8
26	Cabeça Gorda	Alentejo	18.8°C	8.0°C	7
27	Serpa	Alentejo	18.8°C	8.0°C	7
28	Guia	Algarve	18.8°C	10.1°C	8
29	Ponte de Sôr	Alentejo	18.7°C	8.2°C	8
30	Silves	Algarve	18.7°C	10.3°C	8
31	Marinhais	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.7°C	8.6°C	8
32	Ferragudo	Algarve	18.7°C	10.5°C	8
33	Almeirim	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.7°C	8.7°C	8
34	Parchal	Algarve	18.7°C	10.5°C	8
35	Pinheiro Grande	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.7°C	8.3°C	9
36	Portimão	Algarve	18.7°C	10.4°C	8
37	Benavente	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.7°C	8.9°C	8
38	Odemira	Alentejo	18.7°C	9.7°C	8
39	Salvaterra de Magos	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.7°C	8.9°C	8
40	Bemfica	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.7°C	8.6°C	8
41	Tunes	Algarve	18.6°C	10.0°C	8
42	Vidigueira	Alentejo	18.6°C	8.3°C	8
43	Cuba	Alentejo	18.6°C	8.7°C	8
44	Ferreiras	Algarve	18.6°C	9.9°C	8
45	Golegã	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.6°C	8.7°C	9
46	Penedo Gordo	Alentejo	18.6°C	8.0°C	8
47	Vila Nova da Barquinha	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.6°C	8.3°C	9
48	Alferrarede	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.6°C	8.3°C	9
49	Alcácer do Sal	Alentejo	18.6°C	9.5°C	8
50	Beringel	Alentejo	18.6°C	8.3°C	8
51	Estômbar	Algarve	18.6°C	10.3°C	8
52	Aldeia Nova	Alentejo	18.5°C	8.1°C	8
53	Praia do Ribatejo	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.5°C	8.3°C	9
54	Reguengos de Monsaraz	Alentejo	18.5°C	8.1°C	8
55	Riachos	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.5°C	8.6°C	9
56	Pego	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.5°C	8.4°C	9
57	Vale de Santarém	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.5°C	8.8°C	8
58	São Vicente do Paul	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.5°C	8.7°C	9
59	Montalvo	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.5°C	8.0°C	9
60	Carvoeiro	Algarve	18.5°C	10.3°C	8
61	Alpiarça	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.5°C	8.6°C	9
62	Aljustrel	Alentejo	18.5°C	8.0°C	8
63	Entroncamento	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.4°C	8.5°C	9
64	Alvor	Algarve	18.4°C	10.7°C	8
65	Vendas Novas	Alentejo	18.4°C	8.3°C	8
66	Lagoa (Algarve)	Algarve	18.4°C	10.2°C	8
67	Tramagal	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.4°C	7.9°C	9
68	Porches	Algarve	18.4°C	10.0°C	8
69	Samora Correia	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.4°C	9.4°C	8
70	Montargil	Alentejo	18.3°C	7.7°C	8
71	Fazendas de Almeirim	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.3°C	8.3°C	8
72	Tomar	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.3°C	8.2°C	9
73	Pontével	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.3°C	8.8°C	8
74	Azambuja	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.3°C	9.1°C	9
75	Mexilhoeira Grande	Algarve	18.3°C	10.5°C	8
76	Montalvinho	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.3°C	7.8°C	9
77	Lagos	Algarve	18.3°C	11.2°C	8
78	Vale de Figueira	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.2°C	8.4°C	9
79	São Miguel de Rio Torto	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.2°C	7.5°C	9
80	Vila Franca de Xira	Lisbon area	18.2°C	9.5°C	9
81	Cartaxo	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.2°C	8.9°C	8
82	Torres Novas	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.2°C	8.3°C	9
83	Carregado	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.2°C	9.5°C	9
84	Castanheira do Ribatejo	Lisbon area	18.2°C	9.5°C	9
85	Vila Chã de Ourique	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.2°C	8.8°C	8
86	Abrantes	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.1°C	7.9°C	9
87	Alvito	Alentejo	18.1°C	8.5°C	8
88	Bensafrim	Algarve	18.1°C	11.0°C	8
89	Meia Via	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.1°C	8.2°C	9
90	Montemor-o-Novo	Alentejo	18.1°C	8.1°C	8
91	Castro Verde	Alentejo	18.1°C	7.9°C	8
92	Santa Margarida da Coutada	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.1°C	7.6°C	9
93	Tavira	Algarve	18.1°C	11.6°C	7
94	Avis	Alentejo	18.1°C	8.0°C	8
95	Cadafais	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.1°C	9.4°C	9
96	Alcanhões	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	18.1°C	8.6°C	9
97	Santa Luzia	Algarve	18.1°C	11.6°C	7
98	Fuzeta	Algarve	18.1°C	11.6°C	7
99	Alhandra	Lisbon area	18.1°C	9.5°C	9
100	Évora	Alentejo	18.1°C	8.4°C	8

Questions about warm places in March

Where in Portugal is warmest in March?

Mértola (Alentejo) has the highest average March high, 19.7°C, followed by Castro Marim (19.3°C) and Vila Real de Santo António (19.3°C).

Which regions have the warmest towns in March?

Of the 100 warmest towns in March, 37 in Oeste e Vale do Tejo, 34 in Algarve and 26 in Alentejo.

Which of the warmest towns is driest in March?

Among the 100 warmest towns, Castro Marim has the fewest rainy days in March: 6 days with at least 1 mm of rain, and an average high of 19.3°C.

How cool are March nights in the warmest towns?

Average March lows in the 100 warmest towns range from 7.5°C to 11.6°C.

Climate normals 1991-2020 from ERA5-Land, adjusted to each town's elevation. Rain days count days with at least 1 mm. Crowd levels are for each town's region as a whole (Eurostat, nights booked through online platforms). Methodology