Barcelona in March
Around 12.5 °C by day, sea 13.7 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 out of 5 against 4.
March in Barcelona is 12.5 °C by day and 13.7 °C in the sea. The water is still winter's, the air is not: by the end of the month the terraces are full and the city looks the way the photographs promise.
March is when load climbs from the winter 2 to 3 out of 5 and stays there or higher until autumn. For anyone choosing a neighbourhood it is the last chance to see the city without the summer influx and in decent weather. Look beyond the centre, where much of the housing is let to tourists, at residential districts such as Eixample, Gràcia and Sant Gervasi. The city-wide square metre appraises at €4,595. The city scores 5 out of 5 for living without a car, and that is easier to test on foot in March than in August.
Towns nearby in March
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 12.5 | 13.7 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 4 595appraised |
| Mataró | 12.5 | 13.6 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 512appraised |
| Badalona | 12.5 | 13.7 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 769appraised |
| Castelldefels | 12.5 | 13.9 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 4 327appraised |
| Sitges | 12.5 | 13.9 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 4 924appraised |
The winter column is a 1-to-5 score: how many cafés, hotels and shops run in January compared with the best month of the year. Where a village has no government figure of its own, it is our estimate. Tourists never notice; anyone who moved does.
Rain days and humidity are annual here, not monthly: 56 rainy days a year, 68% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.