March Weather in Minorca Spain

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 57°F to 61°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 67°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 3°F, from 47°F to 50°F, rarely falling below 41°F or exceeding 55°F.

For reference, on August 5, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Minorca typically range from 71°F to 84°F, while on February 8, the coldest day of the year, they range from 46°F to 56°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on March. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

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The month of March in Minorca experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 40% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 40% on March 22.

The clearest day of the month is March 22, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 60% of the time.

For reference, on October 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 47%, while on July 14, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 90%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Minorca, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is essentially constant, remaining around 18% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 30% on November 26, and its lowest chance is 5% on July 14.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during March in Minorca is essentially constant, remaining about 1.4 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.8 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.3 inches on March 18.

Over the course of March in Minorca, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 19 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 38 seconds, and weekly increase of 18 minutes, 28 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 18 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 37 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Minorca is 6:34 AM on March 28 and the latest sunrise is 58 minutes later at 7:33 AM on March 29.

The earliest sunset is 6:35 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 31 minutes later at 8:07 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 3:00 AM on March 29, 2026, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:15 AM and sets 15 hours, 1 minute later, at 9:16 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:02 AM and sets 9 hours, 20 minutes later, at 5:21 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for March 2026. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Minorca is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 64% of the time, while on December 8, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Minorca is decreasing during March, decreasing from 14.3 miles per hour to 13.3 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 20, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 15.7 miles per hour, while on August 8, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.9 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Minorca throughout March is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 41% on March 1.

Minorca is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Minorca is essentially constant during March, remaining within 1°F of 57°F throughout.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Minorca are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Minorca are gradually increasing during March, increasing by 140°F, from 176°F to 316°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Minorca is increasing during March, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 3.9 kWh to 5.4 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Minorca are 40.010 deg latitude, 4.010 deg longitude, and 292 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Minorca contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 761 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 388 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,145 feet). Within 50 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,844 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Minorca is covered by cropland (39%), trees (34%), shrubs (15%), and grassland (12%), within 10 miles by water (43%) and cropland (26%), and within 50 miles by water (94%).