Best Countries to visit in Mid-March?

How about Portugal?

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Spain, Greece, and Italy are good options assuming you mean cities and towns, not mountains and beach resorts. Mountain areas in all three can be cold (Id skip the Dolomites in March if searching for good weather!). Beach resort islands/towns might still be dead. If there’s a specific town you are interested in, look into how it is off-season.

Another option is to pick a place where there is a lot to do indoors and not worry if the weather is bad. Vienna, London, and Paris come to mind. Yes, you might have cold/rainy weather but if you like museums, restaurants, and shopping it might not matter so much in these places! Rome is similar, but also will likely have better weather. Barcelona, also?

March weather can be dodgy wherever in mainland Europe you are based, but personally, I would avoid Greece at that time of year, as many places are closed up for the winter. Obviously, you will have things to do in the cities.

Spain or Portugal would be my preference, although inland and northern Spain will still be cold. Within your timeframe, you could have 3-4 days in Seville, then hire a car to explore the white villages, Jerez, Cadiz and Granada. The one thing I don’t like about Spain is their late eating hours - I don’t like eating at 10pm or later, which is a good reason to visit Portugal, as they eat at normal northern European dining hours.

Lisbon to Porto via the interesting towns such as Obidos, Tomar, Batalha and Alcobaca would be a great mix for 12 days with good food and wine too!

I think March is likely to be a lot rainier along the west coast of Portugal than in southern Spain. The climate-summary charts on the cities' Wikipedia pages say you should expect an average of 13 rainy March days in Lisbon and 4.3 in Seville.

Northern scandinavia? Will be cold, but not rainy (a lot of snow though). Enjoy the wilderness, watch the northern lights or go dog sledding.

How about Sicily? There is 2 weeks of great sights and food. Fly in to Palermo and spend a few days. Rent a car and circumnavigate the island. Drop car in Palermo. Take bus to Taormina and then fly home from Catania. We have snow flurries and rain in Sorrento in March years ago with beautiful weather in Florence a week later. So weather can be all over the map. Be prepared for all weather no matter where you go.

Spain. Andalucia is the warmest driest part of Europe, by mid-March the orange trees will be blossoming, heavenly scent. Greece - Most of the islands will still be closed up. The Peloponnese - cold in the mountains, too cold for the seashore. Italy's always great. Since weather is unpredictable, I'd probably choose Andalucia for the best percentage shot at decent weather. If you want something really different, you could spend 2-3 days (or more) in Valencia. The annual Las Fallas festival is March 15-19. Here are my pics.

My first travels overseas were in mid March as that was when spring vacation took place starting at elementary school.

We loved northern Italy and Switzerland (Geneva, Montreux, Gstaad). It wasn’t cold at all; maybe the coldest was the mid 40s in Gstaad which is great for early spring. I’ve been to England several times in mid March and there were visits in which it never rained at all and there were those in which it rained many days but maybe for 15-20 minutes; that’s it. The temperatures were terrific 40s — 50s.

These days, historical weather averages don’t mean much, as we seem to be experiencing non- typical weather every month!

I went to southern Spain in late March a few years ago and it was colder and wetter than the U.K.

Sicily or Portugal.

I've been to the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, and Italy again in mid-March (all separate week-long trips in 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2017, respectively). Overall, the weather on each trip was excellent. The Netherlands was the coldest and we encountered a little rain/snow showers, but on the Germany trip 4 years later, the weather was sunny and >50 degrees F almost every day (the locals said it wasn't typical, but here in Pennsylvania the entire last week of December 2019 was sunny and in the high 40s to 50s F). Italy in 2017 (Amalfi Coast/Capri/Pompeii) was quite warm/borderline hot. Obviously, weather changes from year to year, but this is what I actually experienced. A great advantage of March travel is no crowds, easy access to restaurants, etc. and cheaper flights. I only try to travel to Europe during 'shoulder season' and prefer March trips.