Curicó weather in March

In March, Curicó sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 11 mm of rain across 1.5 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 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Curicó's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Curicó's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
4th warmest
Overnight low
12°
9th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
1.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
7:46 AM – 8:03 PM
Cloud cover
21%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.9
out of 10

Curicó is city in Chile.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 24.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
3,022/km²
people per km²
Founded
1743

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 Curicó reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C cooler than February and about 5°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22713
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Curicó 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 14°40.814.18.0
Feb28° / 13°71.113.38.5
Mar25° / 12°111.512.38.9
Apr21° / 503.811.17.6
May16° / 1267.410.25.5
Jun14° / 20610.99.73.8
Jul13° / 1479.59.93.9
Aug15° / 1218.510.74.8
Sep17° / 687.211.86.1
Oct20° / 434.912.97.3
Nov24° / 10°182.713.88.6
Dec27° / 12°151.614.38.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
19010
28911
38911
48911
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68911
78812
88812
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258416
268416
278317
288317
298119
308119
318020

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Curicó gets around 11 mm of rain over 1.5 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 5% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 78% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
165323
266313
367312
468302
568302
669292
769292
871281
972271
1072271
1173261
1274251
1375241
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3189110

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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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 7:33 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 8:23 PM to 7:41 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.87:338:23
212.87:348:22
312.87:358:20
412.77:368:19
512.77:378:18
612.67:388:17
712.67:398:15
812.67:408:14
912.57:408:12
1012.57:418:11
1112.57:428:10
1212.47:438:08
1312.47:448:07
1412.37:458:06
1512.37:468:04
1612.37:468:03
1712.27:478:01
1812.27:488:00
1912.27:497:59
2012.17:507:57
2112.17:517:56
2212.07:517:54
2312.07:527:53
2412.07:537:51
2511.97:547:50
2611.97:557:48
2711.97:557:47
2811.87:567:46
2911.87:577:44
3011.77:587:43
3111.77:597:41

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.07 kWh/m² to a high of 8.74 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 6.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
26.9Intense
36.9Intense
46.8Intense
56.8Intense
66.7Intense
76.7Intense
86.6Intense
96.6Intense
106.5Intense
116.5Intense
126.4Intense
136.3Intense
146.3Intense
156.2Intense
166.2Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.0Intense
205.9Bright
215.9Bright
225.8Bright
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245.7Bright
255.6Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.4Bright
295.3Bright
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Curicó

In seasonPeak

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

Curicó'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 Curicó?

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

8.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Curicó in March

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

In March, Curicó sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Curicó 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 Curicó peaks around January 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 15 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 16UV 13Jun 15UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr5High
May3Moderate
Jun2Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep6High
Oct9Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Curicó 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 Curicó is worst in February — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Curicó's WHO annual average of 24.8 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateFeb 1432 µg/m³Dec 1416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Curicó?

Curicó sits at 35.0°S, 71.2°W, 217 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Sagrada Familia, 13 km away.

Topography around Curicó

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Curicó has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 208 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 752 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,052 m.

The land around Curicó is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) within 3 km, trees (26%), grassland (26%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (36%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
117 m
16 km
752 m
80 km
4,052 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Sagrada Familia 13 km · Molina 15 km · Chimbarongo 35 km · Santa Cruz 40 km · Talca 62 km · San Vicente de Tagua Tagua 62 km · San Vicente 63 km · San Clemente 66 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 48% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,995
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
14.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 517
Religion
Catholic 57%none 26%Evangelical or Protestant 16%other Christians and traditions related to 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 Curicó (-34.9828°, -71.2394°, elevation 217 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).