San Nicolás de los Arroyos weather in March

In March, San Nicolás de los Arroyos sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 117 mm of rain across 7.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of March to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is San Nicolás de los Arroyos's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Nicolás de los Arroyos's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
4th warmest
Overnight low
17°
9th coldest
Rainfall
117 mm
7.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
7:03 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover
43%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

San Nicolás de los Arroyos is city in Argentina.

Founded
1748

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical March day in San Nicolás de los Arroyos reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C cooler than February and about 4°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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San Nicolás de los Arroyos weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 19°1038.2145.4
Feb29° / 19°1078.113.25.9
Mar27° / 17°1177.512.37.0
Apr23° / 14°1068.111.27.4
May19° / 11°66610.36.8
Jun16° / 445.29.85.8
Jul16° / 425.1105.6
Aug18° / 56510.86.8
Sep21° / 10°676.311.87.1
Oct23° / 13°1129.712.87.1
Nov26° / 15°1157.613.77.2
Dec29° / 18°1078.614.26.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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26832
36832
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66832
76832
86832
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116733
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

San Nicolás de los Arroyos gets around 117 mm of rain over 7.5 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 25% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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227
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526
625
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1025
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1225
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1425
1525
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1725
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2024
2124
2224
2324
2424
2524
2624
2724
2824
2925
3025
3126

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 30% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 31% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
19193028131
29193028131
310193028131
410193128121
510193128121
610193128121
711193028110
811203027110
911203027110
1012203027110
1113203027100
1213213026100
131421302690
141521302580
151622302580
161722302470
171823302360
181923302350
192023302240
202023302240
212124302130
222224302130
232224302130
242324302020
252324302020
262425302020
272525292020
282525291910
292625291910
302625281910
312725281810

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of March to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:51 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 7:37 PM to 6:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:517:37
212.76:527:36
312.76:527:35
412.76:537:34
512.66:547:32
612.66:557:31
712.66:567:30
812.56:577:29
912.56:577:27
1012.56:587:26
1112.46:597:25
1212.47:007:24
1312.47:007:22
1412.37:017:21
1512.37:027:20
1612.37:037:18
1712.27:047:17
1812.27:047:15
1912.27:057:14
2012.17:067:13
2112.17:077:11
2212.07:077:10
2312.07:087:09
2412.07:097:07
2511.97:107:06
2611.97:107:05
2711.97:117:03
2811.87:127:02
2911.87:137:00
3011.87:136:59
3111.77:146:58

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.31 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 5.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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35.6Bright
45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
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95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.2Bright
135.2Bright
145.1Bright
155.1Bright
165.0Bright
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185.0Bright
194.9Bright
204.9Bright
214.9Bright
224.8Bright
234.8Bright
244.7Bright
254.7Bright
264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit San Nicolás de los Arroyos?

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

7.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit San Nicolás de los Arroyos for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for San Nicolás de los Arroyos in March

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

In March, San Nicolás de los Arroyos sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in San Nicolás de los Arroyos in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 10 (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 Nicolás de los Arroyos peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 15UV 13Jun 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep6High
Oct9Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in San Nicolás de los Arroyos in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in San Nicolás de los Arroyos is worst in August — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 8.0× the cleanest month (April, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodAug 1544 µg/m³Apr 146 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr6Good
May7Good
Jun10Good
Jul28Moderate
Aug46Poor
Sep20Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is San Nicolás de los Arroyos?

San Nicolás de los Arroyos sits at 33.3°S, 60.2°W, 28 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Villa Constitución, 16 km away.

Topography around San Nicolás de los Arroyos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Nicolás de los Arroyos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m.

The land around San Nicolás de los Arroyos is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and wetland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and wetland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
53 m
80 km
98 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Villa Constitución 16 km · Ramallo 25 km · Arroyo Seco 34 km · Gobernador Gálvez 52 km · Rosario 59 km · San Pedro 63 km · Pérez 64 km · Pergamino 70 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
Roman Catholic 63%none 19%Evangelical 15%Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1%

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 Nicolás de los Arroyos (-33.3342°, -60.2108°, elevation 28 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).