Barcelona in March
Around 12.5 °C by day, sea 13.7 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 of 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 4 and keeps rising. For anyone choosing a neighbourhood it is the last chance to see the city without the summer influx and in decent weather. What to look at is not the centre: the Gothic Quarter and Barceloneta are where visitors live, while the €4,675 square metre is set by Eixample, Gràcia and Sant Gervasi. 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 | 4 675 |
| Mataró | 12.5 | 13.6 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 505 |
| Badalona | 12.5 | 13.7 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 861 |
| Castelldefels | 12.5 | 13.9 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 4 297 |
| Sitges | 12.5 | 13.9 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 4 829 |
The winter column is a 1-to-5 estimate: are places open, does transport run, is anyone about between November and March. 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.