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Let the gardens back into the plan.

Lisbon in March 2027

March is a good month to leave room for a garden pause without building the entire day around the sky staying clear. Choose one exhibition or workshop, a café and an outdoor stretch that can be shortened.

The ornate dome and vaulted ceiling inside Lisbon’s Basílica da Estrela.
Inside the Basílica da Estrela · Lisbon setting, not a forecast or dated event photograph

In short

For Lisbon in March, use the monthly climate as planning context, then check the daily forecast closer to your trip. Choose a date in the calendar for programmes with published dates, and keep longer exhibitions and festival periods separate. Pick one indoor option and one neighbourhood stop so the day can stay flexible.

SEASONAL AVERAGE · NOT A DAILY FORECAST

March, typically

18.9°CMean daily high
11.0°CMean daily low
7.6Days with ≥1mm rain per month, on average

IPMA · Instituto Geofísico station 535 · 1991–2020 monthly normals. These are not daily extremes, a forecast for this year or a count of rain days already observed.

The forecast covers only the next seven days when available. Later travel dates keep their seasonal averages until a forecast is published.

Full forecast & month planner → · IPMA climate source ↗

DAYLIGHT · CALCULATED ESTIMATE

Leave room before sunset

For 8 Mar 2027 · Lisbon city-centre reference

06:59Sunrise
18:36Sunset
11h37Approximate daylight

Lisbon local time, rounded to minutes. Buildings, hills and clouds affect the view. Check the forecast too. Choose a calendar date to change the estimate.

Lisbon clock & calculation details →

YOUR MONTH, ONE DAY AT A TIME

8 Mar 2027 · the announced programme

18 programmes and 1 additional festival editions currently listed for this month. Coverage is partial; a missing listing does not mean there is nothing on.

Date numbers count programmes with explicit published dates, not daily performances inside longer periods. Terracotta outline: today. Select a date to update the lists and daylight estimate.

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Programmes with a published date on 8 Mar 2027

Exhibitions & longer programme periods

These periods are not proof of a session or opening on each date. Confirm the visit or actual session with the organiser.

Mowgli - O Livro da Selva · publisher image

6 Mar 2027

Mowgli · The Jungle Book on stage

Teatro Armando Cortez

Mowgli brings Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book to Teatro Armando Cortez, with music, movement and a story about people and nature. Mowgli and Shanti try to connect their different worlds while facing Shere Khan. Choose a family weekend performance; weekday sessions are for schools. The theatre lists Saturdays at 15:00 and Sundays at 11:00 during the announced run.

Session details & tickets →
Candlelight: The best of Vivaldi · publisher image

18 Dec 2026

Vivaldi, close up

Academia das Ciências de Lisboa

This Candlelight programme brings The Four Seasons and La Folia into a string-quartet setting. The draw is the repertoire and the smaller ensemble, so compare the listed venue and session before choosing your evening. It is a tribute programme; the featured composer is the subject of the music.

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Museum display with a Banksy-themed room installation

Programme until 31 Dec 2027

Banksy’s street-art world

Museu Banksy Lisbon, Rua Viriato 25B, Lisboa

Graffiti, films and installations introduce Banksy’s political and social ideas. The museum displays reproductions, not a collection of original street works—useful to know before choosing this stop.

Session details & tickets →
Visitors looking at artworks in CAM’s Open Storage

Programme until 20 Sept 2027

Behind the scenes of CAM’s art storage

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte Moderna

See collection works that usually stay out of the galleries, in a space also used by museum professionals. This is a supervised, limited-capacity visit; check the published entry slots before arriving.

Session details & tickets →
Black-and-white city photograph used for Once Upon a Time in America

Programme until 30 May 2027

America through art · cinema, cities & sculpture

Pavilhão Julião Sarmento

Works from the Julião Sarmento Collection explore how American cinema, cities and cultural myths shaped postwar art. Rita McBride’s Arena is reimagined using reused materials. This is a gallery exhibition at Pavilhão Julião Sarmento, not a screening of the film.

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Browse the full March 2027 event calendar →

Announced festival dates

No additional confirmed festival edition is listed here for this month. See the seasonal guide for ideas still awaiting dates.

Programme snapshot updated 2026-10-24 20:26 UTC. This is not a manual check of every session or live ticket availability.

What to pack for March

Bring layers and look at the actual forecast for your dates. The spring label is not a guarantee of warm evenings or dry cobbles.

The figures above are the 1991–2020 monthly climate normals for Lisbon's Instituto Geofísico station. An average daily high or low is not an extreme, and an average rain-day count does not tell you which days will be wet. Check the daily forecast and current warnings before an outdoor commitment.

One good anchor, then leave room

Combine Jardim da Estrela with a coffee, or choose a tile workshop when you want something hands-on. Announced film programmes belong in the calendar below, not an assumed annual schedule.

Choose a meal near the part of the city you want to explore. Our neighbourhood and food guides keep the existing place notes, branch details and saved-list links together. For a bigger route, Plan my days can combine places with announced dated sessions; the final booking stays with the venue.

How to read this month's calendar

Numbers on the dates count programmes with published single dates or explicit session dates, not a ticket for each listed idea. An exhibition period or booking window never turns into a session on every date between its endpoints. Select a day to see its dated programmes and the separate longer periods.

The event and festival lists come from our existing saved programme sources. They are partial coverage, not everything happening in Lisbon. Check the organiser's session, language, age, access and ticket terms before you arrange the rest of the day. A dated programme is not evidence of a seat being available.

Leave daylight for the walk you want

Sunrise and sunset here are calculated for the public city-centre reference point and the displayed date, in Lisbon time. They are rounded estimates, not a forecast of visible sunshine; hills, buildings and clouds change what you actually see.

Use the date with a reservation time and check the return journey for a late evening. A sunset estimate, an ordinary Metro operating window and a specific transport connection are different pieces of information.

Keep one alternative in your pocket

If the weather or a booking changes, shorten the outdoor stretch rather than replacing it with three distant stops. A café, an indoor visit or a workshop from our guide can give the day a new shape without starting again from scratch.

Save the places you want to keep to My Lisbon on this device. For a ticketed activity, keep the confirmation and exact meeting point available before you leave. The monthly programme can change, so revisit the organiser's information close to the date.

Quick answers

Is the March weather table a forecast?

No. It uses IPMA's 1991–2020 monthly climate normals. The average low, high and number of days with at least 1 mm of rain are seasonal context, not a prediction for individual travel dates.

Are there events every day in a festival or exhibition range?

Do not assume so. Calendar counts use explicit published dates. Longer programme periods are shown separately; use the organiser's own session or opening information before booking.

Which year does this March guide show?

The calendar shows the next occurrence of March within the current twelve-month planning window. The displayed year applies to the announced events; the climate figures are historical monthly averages.

City photo credits · Programme photo credits · SunCalc licence