24-03-2025
When will it stop raining in Spain?
Weather
After a month of almost non-stop rain in much of Spain, will this be the week when sunnier drier weather finally returns to the country?
Four storms in twelve days have ensured that March 2025 will be remembered as one of the wettest in living memory in Spain.
It is officially the rainiest month of March in cities such as Madrid, where there has never been more precipitation during the third month of the year since records began in 1893.
For Spain overall, March 2025 is proving to be the second wettest month in history, only surpassed by March 2018.
However, the 114 litres of rain per square metre that have fallen on average in every part of Spain are only figures for March 1st to March 18th, so there is a chance that March 2018's 164.6 litre per sqm could be surpassed if it were to carry on raining until the end of the month.
So will it continue to rain in Spain from March 24th to 30th, the last week of the month?
According to Spain's Meteorological Agency Aemet, the rain will cease in much of the Iberian Peninsula and "will be limited to the northern third of the country, where it hasn't rained as much throughout the month," as well as to "parts of the Balearic Islands."
The tail end of Storm Martinho, which has caused flooding in central Spain over the weekend, will still bring rain to the country on Monday March 24th.
In fact, most of Spain can expect to start the week with overcast skies and some rain. The northern regions of Asturias, Cantabria, Navarre and the Basque Country will be the most affected by the lingering bad weather. There will also be showers and strong winds in the Canary Islands.
By Tuesday 25th the sun will start to shine in some parts but there will still be rain in the north and the Balearics, as well as cloudy skies and some light rain in other areas.
Fortunately, by Wednesday March 26th the dark clouds will clear in southern, central, western and eastern Spain, which will get the much desired dry and sunny weather that's been so absent throughout March.
In fact, Spain's national weather agency forecasts that for the following three weeks the weather will be mainly dry.
This is likely to be met by cheers by many Spaniards, who aren't accustomed to so much rainy weather, even if it has helped enormously to end a four-year drought in the country.
Aemet still forecasts that temperatures "will be lower than usual for this time of year" and that people in Spain will have to wait until April 6th to pack their coats away.
