Santa Rosa weather in March

In March, Santa Rosa sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 86 mm of rain across 8 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 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of March to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Santa Rosa's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Rosa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
4th warmest
Overnight low
15°
9th coldest
Rainfall
86 mm
8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
7:18 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
39%
4th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Santa Rosa is capital of La Pampa Province, Argentina.

Density
69/km²
people per km²
Founded
1892

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 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical March day in Santa Rosa reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C cooler than February and about 4°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12816
22816
32716
42716
52716
62716
72716
82716
92716
102716
112615
122615
132615
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302413
312313

How March really feels in Santa Rosa

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Santa Rosa 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° / 18°82914.25.6
Feb28° / 17°817.913.46.4
Mar26° / 15°86812.37.4
Apr22° / 11°676.311.17.4
May17° / 30510.16.2
Jun14° / 173.39.54.8
Jul14° / 193.79.84.6
Aug16° / 27410.66.1
Sep19° / 485.811.86.9
Oct22° / 11°839.612.96.9
Nov26° / 14°748.1147.4
Dec29° / 16°858.514.56.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27426
37426
47426
57426
67426
77327
87327
97228
107228
117030
127030
137030
147030
156931
166931
176931
186931
196931
206931
216931
226832
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246832
256733
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286634
296535
306535
316436

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Santa Rosa gets around 86 mm of rain over 8 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 27% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
128
228
328
428
527
627
728
828
928
1028
1128
1229
1329
1428
1528
1628
1727
1827
1926
2026
2125
2225
2325
2425
2525
2625
2725
2825
2925
3025
3126

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 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 9% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1333023103
2333023103
3333123103
4333124103
5333124102
6333124102
7333124112
8343024112
9343024111
10353023111
11362923111
12372923111
13382922101
14392922101
1540292191
1642282181
1743282180
1844282170
1945282070
2047272060
2148272050
2249271950
2350271950
2452261840
2553261740
2653261740
2754261640
2856251540
2956251540
3058241440
3159241340

Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
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1211calm
1311calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 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 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 7:31 AM, and sunset from 7:57 PM to 7:13 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.97:047:57
212.87:057:55
312.87:067:54
412.87:077:53
512.77:087:51
612.77:097:50
712.67:107:49
812.67:117:47
912.67:127:46
1012.57:137:44
1112.57:147:43
1212.47:147:41
1312.47:157:40
1412.47:167:38
1512.37:177:37
1612.37:187:35
1712.27:197:34
1812.27:207:33
1912.27:217:31
2012.17:227:30
2112.17:237:28
2212.07:247:27
2312.07:247:25
2412.07:257:23
2511.97:267:22
2611.97:277:20
2711.97:287:19
2811.87:297:17
2911.87:307:16
3011.77:317:14
3111.77:317:13

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.24 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 5.1 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
25.9Bright
35.8Bright
45.7Bright
55.7Bright
65.6Bright
75.6Bright
85.5Bright
95.4Bright
105.4Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.1Bright
165.1Bright
175.0Bright
185.0Bright
194.9Bright
204.9Bright
214.9Bright
224.8Bright
234.8Bright
244.7Bright
254.7Bright
264.6Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.4Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Santa Rosa?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Santa Rosa for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Santa Rosa in March

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

In March, Santa Rosa sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Rosa in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa Rosa peaks around January 1 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateVery highExtremeJan 1UV 13Jun 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar9Very high
Apr6High
May3Moderate
Jun2Moderate
Jul2Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep5High
Oct8Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Rosa?

Santa Rosa sits at 36.6°S, 64.3°W, 163 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Toay, 10 km away.

General VillegasCoronel SuárezPehuajó

Topography around Santa Rosa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Rosa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 180 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 274 m.

The land around Santa Rosa is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
118 m
80 km
274 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Toay 10 km · General Acha 89 km · General Pico 117 km · Trenque Lauquen 157 km · Pigüé 200 km · General Villegas 210 km · Coronel Suárez 229 km · Pehuajó 232 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 Santa Rosa (-36.6162°, -64.2899°, elevation 163 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).