Costa del Sol in March
Around 15.5 °C by day, sea 15.3 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 1 out of 5 against 5.
March on the Costa del Sol is 15.5 °C by day and 15.3 °C in the sea. The air is already spring's, the water still winter's.
March is the last quiet month before Holy Week, which falls in March some years and April others. During that week Málaga closes streets and reroutes transport. For a scouting trip take an ordinary March week: clear roads, agencies working, and a building still showing its winter side — damp corners and whatever heats it. None of that can be checked in summer.
Towns nearby in March
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torre del Mar | 15.5 | 15.3 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 1 581asking |
| Torrox | 15.5 | 15.4 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 2 000asking |
| Nerja | 15.5 | 15.4 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 450asking |
| Alhaurín de la Torre | 15.5 | 15.3 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 736appraised |
| Vélez-Málaga | 15.5 | 15.3 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 745appraised |
| Málaga | 15.5 | 15.3 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 283appraised |
| Mijas | 15.5 | 15.3 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3 339appraised |
| Manilva | 15.5 | 15.4 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3 450asking |
| Estepona | 15.5 | 15.4 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 3 453appraised |
| Rincón de la Victoria | 15.5 | 15.3 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 3 498appraised |
| Fuengirola | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3 711appraised |
| Torremolinos | 15.5 | 15.3 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3 736appraised |
| Benalmádena | 15.5 | 15.3 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3 779appraised |
| Marbella | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 4 477appraised |
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: 44 rainy days a year, 71% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.