Palpalá weather in March

In March, Palpalá sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 319 mm of rain across 25.7 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Palpalá's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palpalá's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 319 mm; 25.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 7:25 AM – 7:36 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Palpalá is town in Jujuy, Argentina.

Density: 110/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1948

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in Palpalá reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Palpalá weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 16°	305	25.6	0	13.3	4.4
Feb	23° / 16°	288	23.7	0	12.8	4.3
Mar	22° / 15°	319	25.7	0	12.2	4.1
Apr	20° / 12°	256	22.1	0	11.5	4.4
May	17° / 10°	168	18.8	0.3	10.8	4.4
Jun	16° / 7°	79	12.7	0.6	10.5	4.8
Jul	16° / 6°	60	10.8	1.1	10.7	5.1
Aug	18° / 7°	68	11.3	0.5	11.2	6.1
Sep	20° / 9°	124	15.6	0.4	11.8	5.7
Oct	22° / 12°	245	22.5	0.1	12.6	4.9
Nov	23° / 14°	285	22.1	0	13.2	4.8
Dec	24° / 16°	305	24.3	0	13.5	4.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

	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 (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18
Cloudier (%)	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	82	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82
31	18	82

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Palpalá gets around 319 mm of rain over 25.7 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 83% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	83

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

	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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Comfortable (%)	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	36	37	38	40	41	42	43	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	46	46
Humid (%)	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	55	55	54	54	52	52	50	49	47	46	44	42	41	39	38	37	35	34	34	33	32	31	31
Muggy (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	35	54	8
2	3	34	55	8
3	3	34	55	8
4	3	34	55	8
5	3	34	55	8
6	3	33	56	8
7	3	33	56	8
8	3	33	56	8
9	4	33	55	8
10	4	33	55	8
11	5	33	54	8
12	5	33	54	8
13	6	34	52	8
14	6	35	52	7
15	7	36	50	7
16	8	37	49	6
17	8	38	47	6
18	9	40	46	6
19	10	41	44	5
20	11	42	42	5
21	11	43	41	5
22	12	45	39	4
23	13	46	38	4
24	13	46	37	4
25	14	47	35	4
26	15	47	34	3
27	16	47	34	3
28	17	47	33	3
29	18	47	32	3
30	19	46	31	3
31	20	46	31	3

Wind in March

Winds average 4 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 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 42 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:18 AM to 7:31 AM, and sunset from 7:50 PM to 7:20 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)	12.5	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	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:31
Sunset (PM)	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	7:18	7:50
2	12.5	7:19	7:49
3	12.5	7:19	7:48
4	12.5	7:20	7:47
5	12.4	7:20	7:46
6	12.4	7:21	7:46
7	12.4	7:21	7:45
8	12.4	7:22	7:44
9	12.3	7:22	7:43
10	12.3	7:23	7:42
11	12.3	7:23	7:41
12	12.3	7:23	7:40
13	12.2	7:24	7:39
14	12.2	7:24	7:38
15	12.2	7:25	7:37
16	12.2	7:25	7:36
17	12.2	7:26	7:35
18	12.1	7:26	7:34
19	12.1	7:27	7:33
20	12.1	7:27	7:32
21	12.1	7:27	7:31
22	12.0	7:28	7:30
23	12.0	7:28	7:29
24	12.0	7:29	7:28
25	12.0	7:29	7:26
26	11.9	7:29	7:25
27	11.9	7:30	7:24
28	11.9	7:30	7:23
29	11.9	7:31	7:22
30	11.8	7:31	7:21
31	11.8	7:31	7:20

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 4.18 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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.0	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Palpalá?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Palpalá for sightseeing.

What to pack for Palpalá in March

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

In March, Palpalá sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Palpalá in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Palpalá peaks around January 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 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)	16	15	13	9	7	6	5	8	10	11	14	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Palpalá?

Palpalá sits at 24.3°S, 65.2°W, 1,058 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is San Salvador de Jujuy, 11 km away.

Topography around Palpalá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palpalá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 1,124 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,263 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,486 m.

The land around Palpalá is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (63%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) within 80 km.

3 km

137 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

1,263 m

trees 63%

80 km

5,486 m

trees 52%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

March weather nearby: San Salvador de Jujuy 11 km · San Pedro de Jujuy 35 km · General Güemes 49 km · San Lorenzo 60 km · Salta 64 km · Libertador General San Martín 65 km · San José de los Cerrillos 76 km · Rosario de Lerma 89 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 Palpalá (-24.258°, -65.2136°, elevation 1,058 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	23	16
2	23	16
3	23	16
4	23	16
5	23	16
6	23	16
7	23	16
8	23	16
9	23	15
10	23	15
11	22	15
12	22	15
13	22	15
14	22	15
15	22	15
16	22	15
17	22	15
18	22	15
19	22	15
20	22	15
21	21	15
22	21	15
23	21	15
24	21	14
25	21	14
26	21	14
27	21	14
28	21	14
29	21	14
30	21	14
31	21	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	83

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	35	54	8
2	3	34	55	8
3	3	34	55	8
4	3	34	55	8
5	3	34	55	8
6	3	33	56	8
7	3	33	56	8
8	3	33	56	8
9	4	33	55	8
10	4	33	55	8
11	5	33	54	8
12	5	33	54	8
13	6	34	52	8
14	6	35	52	7
15	7	36	50	7
16	8	37	49	6
17	8	38	47	6
18	9	40	46	6
19	10	41	44	5
20	11	42	42	5
21	11	43	41	5
22	12	45	39	4
23	13	46	38	4
24	13	46	37	4
25	14	47	35	4
26	15	47	34	3
27	16	47	34	3
28	17	47	33	3
29	18	47	32	3
30	19	46	31	3
31	20	46	31	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	83

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	35	54	8
2	3	34	55	8
3	3	34	55	8
4	3	34	55	8
5	3	34	55	8
6	3	33	56	8
7	3	33	56	8
8	3	33	56	8
9	4	33	55	8
10	4	33	55	8
11	5	33	54	8
12	5	33	54	8
13	6	34	52	8
14	6	35	52	7
15	7	36	50	7
16	8	37	49	6
17	8	38	47	6
18	9	40	46	6
19	10	41	44	5
20	11	42	42	5
21	11	43	41	5
22	12	45	39	4
23	13	46	38	4
24	13	46	37	4
25	14	47	35	4
26	15	47	34	3
27	16	47	34	3
28	17	47	33	3
29	18	47	32	3
30	19	46	31	3
31	20	46	31	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	84
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	83

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	35	54	8
2	3	34	55	8
3	3	34	55	8
4	3	34	55	8
5	3	34	55	8
6	3	33	56	8
7	3	33	56	8
8	3	33	56	8
9	4	33	55	8
10	4	33	55	8
11	5	33	54	8
12	5	33	54	8
13	6	34	52	8
14	6	35	52	7
15	7	36	50	7
16	8	37	49	6
17	8	38	47	6
18	9	40	46	6
19	10	41	44	5
20	11	42	42	5
21	11	43	41	5
22	12	45	39	4
23	13	46	38	4
24	13	46	37	4
25	14	47	35	4
26	15	47	34	3
27	16	47	34	3
28	17	47	33	3
29	18	47	32	3
30	19	46	31	3
31	20	46	31	3