San Martín de los Andes weather in March

In March, San Martín de los Andes sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 7.1 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of March to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is San Martín de los Andes's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Martín de los Andes's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 10th coldest
Precipitation: 42 mm; 7.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 7:45 AM – 8:05 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 4th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

San Martín de los Andes is city in Neuquén Province, Argentina.

Density: 98/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1898

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 18°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in San Martín de los Andes reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C cooler than February and about 5°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)	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3

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

How March really feels in San Martín de los Andes

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.

San Martín de los Andes weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 6°	33	5.7	0.4	14.5	7.2
Feb	20° / 6°	32	4.7	0.2	13.6	7.3
Mar	17° / 5°	42	7.1	0.4	12.3	5.8
Apr	12° / 2°	84	9.6	2.8	11	3.0
May	7° / -0°	149	13.5	7.5	9.8	0.9
Jun	3° / -2°	235	17.5	15.1	9.2	0.0
Jul	3° / -3°	191	16	15.2	9.4	0.0
Aug	4° / -3°	176	15.5	14.2	10.4	0.0
Sep	7° / -2°	95	11.4	9.6	11.7	0.7
Oct	10° / 0°	87	11.4	7.4	13.1	2.1
Nov	14° / 2°	62	9.3	3.2	14.2	4.1
Dec	17° / 5°	56	7.7	1.6	14.8	6.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	68	67	67	66	65	65	63	62	62	61	60	60	59	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	54	54	53	52	52	51	50
Cloudier (%)	32	33	33	34	35	35	37	38	38	39	40	40	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	46	46	47	48	48	49	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	50	50

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

San Martín de los Andes gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 23% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	23	24	25	26	27
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 9 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of March to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:29 AM to 8:01 AM, and sunset from 8:29 PM to 7:40 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)	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01
Sunset (PM)	8:29	8:27	8:26	8:24	8:22	8:21	8:19	8:18	8:16	8:15	8:13	8:11	8:10	8:08	8:07	8:05	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:58	7:57	7:55	7:53	7:52	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	7:29	8:29
2	13.0	7:30	8:27
3	12.9	7:31	8:26
4	12.9	7:32	8:24
5	12.8	7:33	8:22
6	12.8	7:34	8:21
7	12.7	7:35	8:19
8	12.7	7:37	8:18
9	12.6	7:38	8:16
10	12.6	7:39	8:15
11	12.6	7:40	8:13
12	12.5	7:41	8:11
13	12.5	7:42	8:10
14	12.4	7:43	8:08
15	12.4	7:44	8:07
16	12.3	7:45	8:05
17	12.3	7:46	8:03
18	12.2	7:47	8:02
19	12.2	7:48	8:00
20	12.1	7:49	7:58
21	12.1	7:51	7:57
22	12.1	7:52	7:55
23	12.0	7:53	7:53
24	12.0	7:54	7:52
25	11.9	7:55	7:50
26	11.9	7:56	7:48
27	11.8	7:57	7:47
28	11.8	7:58	7:45
29	11.7	7:59	7:43
30	11.7	8:00	7:42
31	11.6	8:01	7:40

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.61 kWh/m² to a high of 7.99 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 5.05 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)	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.2
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	6.0	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for San Martín de los Andes

In seasonPeak

None of San Martín de los Andes's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

San Martín de los Andes's rainy season runs May–August, 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 Martín de los Andes?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit San Martín de los Andes for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Martín de los Andes in March

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

In March, San Martín de los Andes sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in San Martín de los Andes in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 8 (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 Martín de los Andes peaks around December 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	12	8	5	3	2	3	3	5	8	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is San Martín de los Andes?

San Martín de los Andes sits at 40.2°S, 71.4°W, 651 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Panguipulli, 101 km away.

Topography around San Martín de los Andes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Martín de los Andes has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 703 m around an average of 871 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,781 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,662 m.

The land around San Martín de los Andes is covered by trees (69%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

703 m

trees 69%

16 km

1,781 m

trees 60%

80 km

3,662 m

trees 43%

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

March weather nearby: Panguipulli 101 km · Bariloche 110 km · Pucon 110 km · Villarrica 122 km · Paillaco 130 km · Río Bueno 137 km · Loncoche 140 km · La Unión 147 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 Martín de los Andes (-40.1579°, -71.3534°, elevation 651 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	19	6
2	19	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	6
10	17	5
11	17	5
12	17	5
13	17	5
14	17	5
15	17	5
16	17	5
17	17	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	4
21	16	4
22	16	4
23	16	4
24	16	4
25	16	4
26	15	4
27	15	4
28	15	4
29	15	3
30	15	3
31	14	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	50	50

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	50	50

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	50	50

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100