Ushuaia weather in March

In March, Ushuaia sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 79 mm of precipitation across 16.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of March to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Ushuaia's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ushuaia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 9th coldest
Precipitation: 79 mm; 16.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 7:26 AM – 8:00 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 5th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.5; out of 10

Ushuaia is capital of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina.

Density: 2,471/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1884

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 10°C in the first days to 8°C by the end.

A typical March day in Ushuaia reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C cooler than February and about 3°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)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

How March really feels in Ushuaia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 16 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

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Ushuaia weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 4°	100	22.4	1	16.4	1.9
Feb	11° / 4°	76	17.6	1.3	14.7	2.0
Mar	9° / 3°	79	16.8	3	12.6	1.5
Apr	6° / 1°	66	15.2	6.9	10.3	0.5
May	3° / -2°	57	12.5	8.7	8.2	0.0
Jun	0° / -4°	50	12.1	12	7.1	0.0
Jul	0° / -5°	49	12.2	12.4	7.5	0.0
Aug	2° / -4°	50	12	12.3	9.3	0.0
Sep	4° / -3°	48	12.5	10.7	11.5	0.0
Oct	6° / -1°	56	14.7	8.3	13.8	0.5
Nov	9° / 1°	76	18.7	5.6	15.9	1.3
Dec	10° / 3°	99	21.8	2.9	16.9	1.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

	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 (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	20	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20
Cloudier (%)	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	81	80	80	80	81	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Ushuaia gets around 79 mm of rain and snow over 16.8 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 55% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	58	59	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	51	51	51
Snow chance (%)	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	58	6
2	59	6
3	58	6
4	58	7
5	58	7
6	58	7
7	57	8
8	57	8
9	57	9
10	57	9
11	57	10
12	57	10
13	57	11
14	56	11
15	56	11
16	56	11
17	56	12
18	55	12
19	55	12
20	54	11
21	54	11
22	53	11
23	53	11
24	53	12
25	52	12
26	52	12
27	52	12
28	52	12
29	51	13
30	51	13
31	51	14

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 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	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 h 42 min at the start of March to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 138 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 7:56 AM, and sunset from 8:37 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)	13.7	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.4	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:58	7:00	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:12	7:14	7:16	7:18	7:20	7:22	7:24	7:26	7:28	7:30	7:32	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:42	7:44	7:46	7:48	7:50	7:52	7:54	7:56
Sunset (PM)	8:37	8:35	8:32	8:30	8:27	8:25	8:22	8:20	8:17	8:15	8:12	8:10	8:07	8:05	8:02	8:00	7:57	7:54	7:52	7:49	7:47	7:44	7:41	7:39	7:36	7:34	7:31	7:28	7:26	7:23	7:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.7	6:56	8:37
2	13.6	6:58	8:35
3	13.5	7:00	8:32
4	13.5	7:02	8:30
5	13.4	7:04	8:27
6	13.3	7:06	8:25
7	13.2	7:08	8:22
8	13.2	7:10	8:20
9	13.1	7:12	8:17
10	13.0	7:14	8:15
11	12.9	7:16	8:12
12	12.9	7:18	8:10
13	12.8	7:20	8:07
14	12.7	7:22	8:05
15	12.6	7:24	8:02
16	12.6	7:26	8:00
17	12.5	7:28	7:57
18	12.4	7:30	7:54
19	12.3	7:32	7:52
20	12.2	7:34	7:49
21	12.2	7:36	7:47
22	12.1	7:38	7:44
23	12.0	7:40	7:41
24	11.9	7:42	7:39
25	11.9	7:44	7:36
26	11.8	7:46	7:34
27	11.7	7:48	7:31
28	11.6	7:50	7:28
29	11.6	7:52	7:26
30	11.5	7:54	7:23
31	11.4	7:56	7:21

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 2.85 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.7	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.6	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Ushuaia?

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

1.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ushuaia.

What to pack for Ushuaia in March

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

In March, Ushuaia sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Ushuaia in March

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 64 km away) is warmest in February at about 9°C and coldest in August near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	8	Bracing
May	8	Bracing
Jun	7	Bracing
Jul	6	Bracing
Aug	6	Bracing
Sep	6	Bracing
Oct	6	Bracing
Nov	7	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Ushuaia in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ushuaia peaks around January 14 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	7	3	2	1	0	1	1	2	4	6	8
Level	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	7	High
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	2	Low
May	1	Low
Jun	0	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	1	Low
Sep	2	Moderate
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	6	High
Dec	8	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Ushuaia?

Ushuaia sits at 54.8°S, 68.3°W, 6 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Río Grande, 120 km away.

Topography around Ushuaia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ushuaia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 422 m around an average of 92 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,443 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,279 m.

The land around Ushuaia is covered by trees (38%) and water (28%) within 3 km, water (34%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (31%), trees (30%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

422 m

trees 38%

16 km

1,443 m

water 34%

80 km

2,279 m

grassland 31%

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

March weather nearby: Río Grande 120 km · Punta Arenas 250 km · Río Gallegos 360 km · Puerto Natales 441 km · El Calafate 564 km · El Chalten 684 km · Stanley 776 km · Puerto Deseado 803 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 Ushuaia (-54.8108°, -68.3159°, elevation 6 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	11	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	10	3
6	10	3
7	10	3
8	10	3
9	10	3
10	10	3
11	10	3
12	9	3
13	9	3
14	9	3
15	9	3
16	9	3
17	9	3
18	9	3
19	9	2
20	9	2
21	9	2
22	9	2
23	9	2
24	8	2
25	8	2
26	8	2
27	8	2
28	8	2
29	8	2
30	8	2
31	8	2

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	58	6
2	59	6
3	58	6
4	58	7
5	58	7
6	58	7
7	57	8
8	57	8
9	57	9
10	57	9
11	57	10
12	57	10
13	57	11
14	56	11
15	56	11
16	56	11
17	56	12
18	55	12
19	55	12
20	54	11
21	54	11
22	53	11
23	53	11
24	53	12
25	52	12
26	52	12
27	52	12
28	52	12
29	51	13
30	51	13
31	51	14

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	58	6
2	59	6
3	58	6
4	58	7
5	58	7
6	58	7
7	57	8
8	57	8
9	57	9
10	57	9
11	57	10
12	57	10
13	57	11
14	56	11
15	56	11
16	56	11
17	56	12
18	55	12
19	55	12
20	54	11
21	54	11
22	53	11
23	53	11
24	53	12
25	52	12
26	52	12
27	52	12
28	52	12
29	51	13
30	51	13
31	51	14

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	58	6
2	59	6
3	58	6
4	58	7
5	58	7
6	58	7
7	57	8
8	57	8
9	57	9
10	57	9
11	57	10
12	57	10
13	57	11
14	56	11
15	56	11
16	56	11
17	56	12
18	55	12
19	55	12
20	54	11
21	54	11
22	53	11
23	53	11
24	53	12
25	52	12
26	52	12
27	52	12
28	52	12
29	51	13
30	51	13
31	51	14

	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