Ibiza in winter: what is open, what to do and what the weather is like from November to March

According to AEMET's normal values for Ibiza airport (1981-2010), the average temperature is 15.9 °C in November, 13.1 °C in December, 11.9 °C in January, 12.1 °C in February and 13.7 °C in March, with average highs between 15.7 and 19.6 °C. It rains on 3 to 6 days a month: about 53 mm in November, 52 in December, 37 in January, 36 in February and 27 in March. Sunshine hours are 162 in January, 166 in February and 211 in March.

The sea, according to NOAA's climatology (1991-2020), drops from an average of 18.9 °C in November to 16.2 in December, 14.7 in January and 14.1 in February, its coldest point, and sits at 14.4 in March. Daylight is short: on 15 December the sun rises at 8:06 and sets at 17:33 (official time), about 9.5 hours of day; on 15 November it sets at 17:41 and on 15 March at 19:01. The switch to winter time happens on the last Sunday of October, which this year is today, 25 October.

In Dalt Vila, the Museu Puget (Carrer Sant Ciriac) is free according to two sources and can be seen in under an hour; the tourism website gives October to March Tuesday to Sunday mornings, with afternoons Tuesday to Friday (phone +34 971 392 137). The Museu Etnogràfic at Can Ros, in Puig de Missa (Santa Eulària), is open October to March Wednesday to Saturday mornings and Sundays 11:00 to 13:30, and closed on Mondays and public holidays. The Puig des Molins Monographic Museum and Necropolis, founded by the Phoenicians in the late 7th century BC, is open Tuesday to Sunday; the price is not stated.

Ses Païsses de Cala d'Hort, a Punic-Roman settlement with views of Es Vedrà, has ambiguous winter hours in the tourism listing and closes from 20 December to 20 January. A cultural walk through Dalt Vila with Ibiza Outdoors (3 km, about 2 hours) runs all year, with guides in English, French, German, Dutch and Spanish on request; private walks start at 320 euros per group of 1 to 10 people. Museum hours vary between sources, so call or check the website first.

Las Dalias, according to its website, is open on Saturdays and Sundays in November (10:00-17:00 and 11:00-17:00), closed in January, open on Saturdays and Sundays until 17:00 or 18:00 in February and March, and puts on a Christmas market at weekends in December. The Sant Jordi racecourse flea market is open on Saturdays from 8:00 to 15:00 all year according to Welcome to Ibiza, and one guide notes it gets busier in the low season. The Sant Joan de Labritja market is listed as open on Sundays from 10:00 to 16:00 all year.

The Punta Arabí Hippy Market, by contrast, ends its season on 28 October 2026 and does not reopen until spring.

Ibiza Outdoors' donation-based walks are open all year to residents and visitors: its October 2026 calendar announces departures on Sundays and Wednesdays at 10:00. On 21 November 2026 there is a session of walk and Ibizan herbs workshop (5 km, about 3 hours and 30 metres of ascent, from 10:00) in the north; the price is not on the page. If you are after sky and landscape: in January and February it is customary to walk among the blossoming almond trees of the Pla de Corona, in Santa Agnès, on full-moon nights.

For rainy or windy days, the Cova de Can Marçà (Port de Sant Miquel) is open all year, from 10:30 to 17:30 from November to April, with tours every 30 or 45 minutes and no booking; it closes on 25 December and 1 January and is not adapted for reduced mobility. The Cap Blanc Aquarium, according to its website, opens in winter only on Saturdays from 10:00 to 13:00, weather permitting.

Ferries between Eivissa and La Savina run all year, with fewer sailings outside summer according to the ferry portals we checked, but the Aquabus service in our listing is from May to October, and many boat trips in our directory are also seasonal (for example, the catamaran to Es Vedrà runs from May to September). The Ibiza Food Tour closes in winter.

For the water, Formentera Divers, based in La Savina, is listed as open all year and organises dives along the island's coast; with the sea averaging 14 to 19 °C, diving is a matter of the right suit. The Es Boixets horse rides are also listed as running all year.

According to the local-holiday calendar in our directory: 4 November, Sant Carles de Peralta; 16 November, Santa Gertrudis; 3 December, Sant Francesc Xavier in Formentera; 8 December, the Immaculate Conception; 17 January, Sant Antoni Abad (Sant Antoni, Sant Rafel, Sant Mateu and Santa Agnès); 21 January, Santa Agnès; 12 February, Santa Eulària; 1 March, Balearic Islands Day; and 19 March, Sant Josep.

In Santa Gertrudis, as part of the patron-saint festivities, the second Fira de Vins de sa Terra was held on 9 November 2025, with tastings from wineries of the protected geographical indication; we have not found the date of the 2026 edition.