San José de los Cerrillos weather in March

In March, San José de los Cerrillos sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 202 mm of rain across 23.8 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-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 9% of the time in March, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 San José de los Cerrillos's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San José de los Cerrillos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 202 mm; 23.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 7:26 AM – 7:37 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

← February San José de los Cerrillos year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

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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 San José de los Cerrillos 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	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

San José de los Cerrillos weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-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°	216	24.3	0	13.4	4.6
Feb	23° / 16°	195	22.7	0	12.9	4.4
Mar	22° / 15°	202	23.8	0	12.2	4.4
Apr	20° / 12°	129	19.5	0.1	11.4	4.7
May	17° / 8°	74	13.6	0.2	10.8	5.1
Jun	16° / 5°	36	8.2	0.4	10.5	5.5
Jul	16° / 4°	28	6.7	0.7	10.6	5.8
Aug	18° / 6°	27	5.8	0.3	11.1	7.0
Sep	20° / 8°	39	7.6	0.1	11.8	7.0
Oct	22° / 12°	91	14	0.1	12.6	6.2
Nov	23° / 14°	126	16.5	0	13.2	5.7
Dec	24° / 15°	181	21.2	0	13.5	5.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

	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 (%)	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	22	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	20	19	19	19	20	19	19
Cloudier (%)	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	78	77	77	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	79	79	80	81	81	81	80	81	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

San José de los Cerrillos gets around 202 mm of rain over 23.8 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 77% and peaks near 78% 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 (%)	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	78
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	77
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76
29	76
30	76
31	75

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the comfortable band about 45% 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 (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	46	45
Humid (%)	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	46	46	45	44	43	41	40	38	37	35	33	32	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	24	24	23	23
Muggy (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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 5 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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	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 7:19 AM to 7:33 AM, and sunset from 7:52 PM to 7:21 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	12.5	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	11.9	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	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	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33
Sunset (PM)	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	7:19	7:52
2	12.5	7:19	7:51
3	12.5	7:20	7:50
4	12.5	7:20	7:49
5	12.5	7:21	7:48
6	12.4	7:21	7:47
7	12.4	7:22	7:46
8	12.4	7:22	7:45
9	12.4	7:23	7:44
10	12.3	7:23	7:43
11	12.3	7:24	7:42
12	12.3	7:24	7:41
13	12.3	7:25	7:40
14	12.2	7:25	7:39
15	12.2	7:26	7:38
16	12.2	7:26	7:37
17	12.2	7:27	7:36
18	12.1	7:27	7:35
19	12.1	7:28	7:34
20	12.1	7:28	7:33
21	12.1	7:28	7:32
22	12.0	7:29	7:31
23	12.0	7:29	7:30
24	12.0	7:30	7:29
25	12.0	7:30	7:28
26	11.9	7:31	7:26
27	11.9	7:31	7:25
28	11.9	7:31	7:24
29	11.9	7:32	7:23
30	11.8	7:32	7:22
31	11.8	7:33	7:21

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 4.46 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)	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0
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	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for San José de los Cerrillos

In seasonPeak

In March, San José de los Cerrillos sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

San José de los Cerrillos's rainy season runs November–April, 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 San José de los Cerrillos?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit San José de los Cerrillos for sightseeing.

What to pack for San José de los Cerrillos in March

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

In March, San José de los Cerrillos sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. About 24 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in San José de los Cerrillos 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 San José de los Cerrillos peaks around January 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 6 (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	16	14	9	7	6	6	8	10	13	15	16
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is San José de los Cerrillos?

San José de los Cerrillos sits at 24.9°S, 65.5°W, 1,219 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Salta, 12 km away.

Topography around San José de los Cerrillos

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San José de los Cerrillos.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San José de los Cerrillos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m around an average of 1,256 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 816 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,161 m.

The land around San José de los Cerrillos is covered by cropland (59%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and trees (42%), grassland (20%) and bare terrain (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

236 m

cropland 59%

16 km

816 m

cropland 45%

80 km

5,161 m

trees 42%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← February San José de los Cerrillos year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Salta 12 km · Rosario de Lerma 14 km · San Lorenzo 18 km · General Güemes 51 km · Palpalá 76 km · San Salvador de Jujuy 81 km · San José de Metán 84 km · San Pedro de Jujuy 97 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 San José de los Cerrillos (-24.8971°, -65.4844°, elevation 1,219 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	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	23	15
9	23	15
10	22	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	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	21	14
23	21	14
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	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	78
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	77
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76
29	76
30	76
31	75

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	23	15
9	23	15
10	22	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	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	21	14
23	21	14
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	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	78
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	77
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76
29	76
30	76
31	75

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	23	15
9	23	15
10	22	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	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	21	14
23	21	14
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	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	78
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	78
9	78
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	77
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76
29	76
30	76
31	75

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