Punta Arenas weather in March

In March, Punta Arenas sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 83 mm of precipitation across 17.4 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of March to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Punta Arenas's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Punta Arenas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 10th coldest
Precipitation: 83 mm; 17.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 7:38 AM – 8:09 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 7th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.0; out of 10

Punta Arenas is Chilean city beside the Strait of Magellan.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 4.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,121/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1848

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 11°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical March day in Punta Arenas reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°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)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How March really feels in Punta Arenas

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Punta Arenas weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 6°	89	20	0	16.1	2.3
Feb	12° / 6°	67	15.3	0	14.5	2.5
Mar	11° / 6°	83	17.4	0.3	12.5	2.0
Apr	8° / 4°	84	15.4	1.3	10.4	1.3
May	6° / 2°	60	13.2	2.9	8.4	0.4
Jun	4° / -0°	56	12.4	5.8	7.4	0.0
Jul	3° / -1°	56	12.9	6.6	7.8	0.0
Aug	4° / 0°	62	13.4	6.7	9.5	0.0
Sep	6° / 1°	54	12.2	3.6	11.6	0.5
Oct	8° / 3°	69	15.5	2.3	13.7	1.2
Nov	10° / 4°	78	18.3	0.3	15.6	1.6
Dec	11° / 6°	88	20.7	0.2	16.6	1.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

	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 (%)	23	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22
Cloudier (%)	77	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	75	74	74	75	75	75	75	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	24	76
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Punta Arenas gets around 83 mm of rain and snow over 17.4 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 57% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	53
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	57	0
2	57	0
3	58	0
4	58	0
5	58	1
6	58	1
7	58	1
8	58	1
9	58	1
10	59	1
11	59	1
12	58	1
13	58	1
14	58	1
15	58	2
16	58	2
17	57	1
18	57	1
19	57	1
20	56	1
21	56	1
22	55	1
23	55	1
24	55	1
25	54	1
26	54	1
27	54	1
28	54	1
29	54	1
30	54	2
31	53	2

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 21 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	21	breezy
2	21	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
5	21	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	21	breezy
11	21	breezy
12	21	breezy
13	21	breezy
14	21	breezy
15	21	breezy
16	21	breezy
17	21	breezy
18	21	breezy
19	21	breezy
20	21	breezy
21	21	breezy
22	21	breezy
23	21	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	21	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	21	breezy
28	21	breezy
29	21	breezy
30	21	breezy
31	21	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 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 132 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:09 AM to 8:05 AM, and sunset from 8:44 PM to 7:32 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)	13.6	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.5	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:09	7:11	7:13	7:15	7:17	7:19	7:21	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:30	7:32	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:45	7:47	7:49	7:51	7:52	7:54	7:56	7:58	8:00	8:02	8:03	8:05
Sunset (PM)	8:44	8:42	8:40	8:37	8:35	8:33	8:30	8:28	8:26	8:23	8:21	8:19	8:16	8:14	8:11	8:09	8:06	8:04	8:02	7:59	7:57	7:54	7:52	7:49	7:47	7:44	7:42	7:39	7:37	7:34	7:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.6	7:09	8:44
2	13.5	7:11	8:42
3	13.4	7:13	8:40
4	13.4	7:15	8:37
5	13.3	7:17	8:35
6	13.2	7:19	8:33
7	13.2	7:21	8:30
8	13.1	7:23	8:28
9	13.0	7:25	8:26
10	12.9	7:26	8:23
11	12.9	7:28	8:21
12	12.8	7:30	8:19
13	12.7	7:32	8:16
14	12.7	7:34	8:14
15	12.6	7:36	8:11
16	12.5	7:38	8:09
17	12.4	7:40	8:06
18	12.4	7:41	8:04
19	12.3	7:43	8:02
20	12.2	7:45	7:59
21	12.2	7:47	7:57
22	12.1	7:49	7:54
23	12.0	7:51	7:52
24	11.9	7:52	7:49
25	11.9	7:54	7:47
26	11.8	7:56	7:44
27	11.7	7:58	7:42
28	11.7	8:00	7:39
29	11.6	8:02	7:37
30	11.5	8:03	7:34
31	11.4	8:05	7:32

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 2.91 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)	3.6	3.6	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	2.3	2.3	2.3	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	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Punta Arenas?

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

2.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Punta Arenas.

What to pack for Punta Arenas in March

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

In March, Punta Arenas sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Punta Arenas 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 offshore 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	7	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	7	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 Punta Arenas in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Punta Arenas peaks around January 13 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	4	2	1	0	1	1	2	4	6	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	4	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 Punta Arenas?

Punta Arenas sits at 53.2°S, 70.9°W, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Puerto Natales, 193 km away.

Topography around Punta Arenas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Punta Arenas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 620 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,226 m.

The land around Punta Arenas is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and water (40%) within 3 km, water (48%), grassland (28%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and water (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

620 m

water 48%

80 km

1,226 m

grassland 40%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

March weather nearby: Puerto Natales 193 km · Río Gallegos 205 km · Río Grande 223 km · Ushuaia 250 km · El Calafate 328 km · El Chalten 448 km · Puerto Deseado 698 km · Pico Truncado 738 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

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 Punta Arenas (-53.1628°, -70.9092°), 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	12	6
2	11	6
3	11	6
4	11	6
5	11	6
6	11	6
7	11	6
8	11	6
9	11	6
10	11	6
11	11	6
12	11	6
13	11	6
14	11	6
15	11	6
16	10	6
17	10	5
18	10	5
19	10	5
20	10	5
21	10	5
22	10	5
23	10	5
24	10	5
25	10	5
26	10	5
27	10	5
28	10	5
29	10	5
30	10	5
31	10	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	24	76
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	57	0
2	57	0
3	58	0
4	58	0
5	58	1
6	58	1
7	58	1
8	58	1
9	58	1
10	59	1
11	59	1
12	58	1
13	58	1
14	58	1
15	58	2
16	58	2
17	57	1
18	57	1
19	57	1
20	56	1
21	56	1
22	55	1
23	55	1
24	55	1
25	54	1
26	54	1
27	54	1
28	54	1
29	54	1
30	54	2
31	53	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	24	76
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	57	0
2	57	0
3	58	0
4	58	0
5	58	1
6	58	1
7	58	1
8	58	1
9	58	1
10	59	1
11	59	1
12	58	1
13	58	1
14	58	1
15	58	2
16	58	2
17	57	1
18	57	1
19	57	1
20	56	1
21	56	1
22	55	1
23	55	1
24	55	1
25	54	1
26	54	1
27	54	1
28	54	1
29	54	1
30	54	2
31	53	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	24	76
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	57	0
2	57	0
3	58	0
4	58	0
5	58	1
6	58	1
7	58	1
8	58	1
9	58	1
10	59	1
11	59	1
12	58	1
13	58	1
14	58	1
15	58	2
16	58	2
17	57	1
18	57	1
19	57	1
20	56	1
21	56	1
22	55	1
23	55	1
24	55	1
25	54	1
26	54	1
27	54	1
28	54	1
29	54	1
30	54	2
31	53	2

	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