Villa Dolores weather in March

In March, Villa Dolores sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 59 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in March, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of March to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Villa Dolores's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villa Dolores's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
5th warmest
Overnight low
16°
9th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
7:23 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
39%
9th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Villa Dolores is city in Córdoba, Argentina.

Founded
1853

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 29°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical March day in Villa Dolores reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 11°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)
12918
22918
32918
42918
52918
62918
72917
82917
92917
102917
112817
122817
132817
142817
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162817
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182716
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202716
212716
222716
232716
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252615
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272615
282615
292615
302615
312615

Villa Dolores weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 19°5910.413.94.4
Feb30° / 18°608.913.25.3
Mar28° / 16°59912.26.6
Apr24° / 13°426.211.27.8
May20° / 244.810.47.3
Jun17° / 132.6107.0
Jul17° / 122.510.17.0
Aug20° / 102.110.88.1
Sep23° / 203.111.88.5
Oct27° / 13°426.412.87.6
Nov29° / 16°619.713.65.9
Dec31° / 18°6510.114.14.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27624
37624
47624
57624
67525
77525
87426
97426
107426
117327
127327
137327
147327
157228
167228
177228
187228
197228
207129
217129
227129
237129
247129
257030
267030
277030
287030
297030
307030
317030

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Villa Dolores gets around 59 mm of rain over 9 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 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
130
230
330
431
531
631
732
832
932
1032
1132
1232
1332
1431
1531
1630
1730
1829
1928
2028
2127
2227
2327
2426
2526
2626
2726
2826
2926
3026
3126

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 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
119353412
218353512
318343612
418343612
518343711
618343711
718343711
818343711
918333711
1019333612
1120333512
1220333511
1322333411
1423343311
1524343210
162634319
172834299
182934288
193135277
203334267
213434256
223634246
233834235
243933225
254133225
264233214
274332204
284432204
294532194
304731194
314831184

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
256calm
266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 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 60 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:12 AM to 7:34 AM, and sunset from 7:56 PM to 7:18 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.77:127:56
212.77:137:55
312.77:137:54
412.67:147:53
512.67:157:51
612.67:167:50
712.57:177:49
812.57:177:48
912.57:187:47
1012.47:197:45
1112.47:207:44
1212.47:207:43
1312.37:217:42
1412.37:227:40
1512.37:227:39
1612.27:237:38
1712.27:247:36
1812.27:257:35
1912.17:257:34
2012.17:267:32
2112.17:277:31
2212.07:277:30
2312.07:287:29
2412.07:297:27
2511.97:297:26
2611.97:307:25
2711.97:317:23
2811.87:317:22
2911.87:327:21
3011.87:337:19
3111.77:347:18

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.53 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 5.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
25.9Bright
35.8Bright
45.8Bright
55.7Bright
65.7Bright
75.6Bright
85.5Bright
95.5Bright
105.4Bright
115.4Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
145.3Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
175.1Bright
185.1Bright
195.0Bright
205.0Bright
215.0Bright
224.9Bright
234.9Bright
244.9Bright
254.8Bright
264.8Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.6Bright
304.6Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Villa Dolores?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Villa Dolores for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Villa Dolores in March

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

In March, Villa Dolores sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Villa Dolores in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Villa Dolores peaks around January 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 17UV 14Jun 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep7High
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Villa Dolores?

Villa Dolores sits at 31.9°S, 65.2°W, 522 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Alta Gracia, 79 km away.

Topography around Villa Dolores

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villa Dolores has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 526 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 542 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,503 m.

The land around Villa Dolores is covered by artificial surfaces (31%), shrubs (23%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (59%) within 16 km, and shrubs (51%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
542 m
80 km
2,503 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Alta Gracia 79 km · Embalse 80 km · Villa Carlos Paz 88 km · Cosquín 104 km · La Calera 105 km · Río Tercero 105 km · Villa Allende 111 km · Cordoba 112 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 Villa Dolores (-31.945°, -65.1903°, elevation 522 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).