Cafayate weather in March

In March, Cafayate sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 71 mm of rain across 12.2 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Cafayate's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cafayate's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 71 mm; 12.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 7:28 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Cafayate is human settlement in Argentina.

Founded: 1840

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical March day in Cafayate reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	22	12
16	22	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

How March really feels in Cafayate

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Cafayate weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 13°	128	17.8	0	13.4	5.6
Feb	22° / 13°	99	15.2	0	12.9	5.6
Mar	22° / 12°	71	12.2	0	12.2	6.3
Apr	21° / 10°	23	5	0	11.4	7.5
May	19° / 6°	12	2.8	0.3	10.7	7.5
Jun	17° / 3°	4	0.8	0.3	10.4	7.4
Jul	17° / 2°	4	1	0.7	10.5	7.1
Aug	19° / 4°	4	1.3	0.3	11.1	7.9
Sep	20° / 6°	10	2.9	0.4	11.8	7.9
Oct	22° / 9°	25	6.1	0.1	12.6	7.5
Nov	23° / 11°	52	10.5	0	13.3	6.8
Dec	24° / 13°	85	13.6	0	13.6	6.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	48	48	48	48	48	47	48	47	47	48	49	49	50	50	52	52	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	59	59	60	60	61
Cloudier (%)	52	52	52	52	52	53	52	53	53	52	51	51	50	50	48	48	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	41	41	40	40	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	61	39

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Cafayate gets around 71 mm of rain over 12.2 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	49	49	48	48	47	46	46	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	33	32	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	48
5	47
6	46
7	46
8	45
9	44
10	43
11	43
12	42
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	32
31	32

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	90	90	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
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4	5	calm
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25	6	calm
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30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 7:35 AM, and sunset from 7:54 PM to 7:23 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:35
Sunset (PM)	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	7:20	7:54
2	12.6	7:20	7:54
3	12.5	7:21	7:53
4	12.5	7:22	7:52
5	12.5	7:22	7:51
6	12.4	7:23	7:50
7	12.4	7:23	7:49
8	12.4	7:24	7:48
9	12.4	7:24	7:47
10	12.3	7:25	7:46
11	12.3	7:25	7:45
12	12.3	7:26	7:44
13	12.3	7:26	7:42
14	12.2	7:27	7:41
15	12.2	7:27	7:40
16	12.2	7:28	7:39
17	12.2	7:28	7:38
18	12.1	7:29	7:37
19	12.1	7:29	7:36
20	12.1	7:30	7:35
21	12.1	7:30	7:34
22	12.0	7:31	7:33
23	12.0	7:31	7:32
24	12.0	7:32	7:31
25	12.0	7:32	7:29
26	11.9	7:33	7:28
27	11.9	7:33	7:27
28	11.9	7:34	7:26
29	11.8	7:34	7:25
30	11.8	7:35	7:24
31	11.8	7:35	7:23

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 5.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Cafayate

In seasonPeak

In March, Cafayate sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Cafayate's rainy season runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Cafayate?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.3

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Cafayate for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cafayate in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Cafayate sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Cafayate in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cafayate peaks around January 16 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	16	14	9	7	6	5	8	11	15	15	16
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	15	Extreme
Dec	16	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Cafayate?

Cafayate sits at 26.1°S, 66.0°W, 1,625 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Santa María, 69 km away.

Topography around Cafayate

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cafayate.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cafayate has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 334 m around an average of 1,643 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,941 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,705 m.

The land around Cafayate is covered by cropland (31%) and shrubs (29%) within 3 km, grassland (39%), shrubs (30%) and bare terrain (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and bare terrain (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

334 m

cropland 31%

16 km

2,941 m

grassland 39%

80 km

4,705 m

grassland 41%

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← February Cafayate year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Santa María 69 km · Tafí Viejo 102 km · Rosario de la Frontera 105 km · Yerba Buena 107 km · San Miguel de Tucuman 113 km · Alderetes 117 km · San José de Metán 119 km · Famaillá 123 km

Argentina travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,898; 2025
Happiness: 6.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.5; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 575
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cafayate (-26.0729°, -65.9777°, elevation 1,625 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	22	12
16	22	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	61	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	48
5	47
6	46
7	46
8	45
9	44
10	43
11	43
12	42
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	22	12
16	22	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	61	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	48
5	47
6	46
7	46
8	45
9	44
10	43
11	43
12	42
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	22	12
16	22	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	61	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	48
5	47
6	46
7	46
8	45
9	44
10	43
11	43
12	42
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4