Ensenada weather in March

In March, Ensenada sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 48 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Ensenada's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ensenada's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 48 mm; 5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:03 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 9th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Ensenada is municipal seat of Ensenada, State of Baja California, Mexico.

Density: 22,190/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1882

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical March day in Ensenada reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Ensenada weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 8°	58	5.2	10.2	7.0
Feb	18° / 8°	72	6.1	10.8	6.6
Mar	19° / 9°	48	5	11.8	7.1
Apr	20° / 11°	21	3.2	12.8	7.9
May	22° / 13°	7	1.5	13.6	8.6
Jun	24° / 16°	1	0.1	14	9.4
Jul	27° / 19°	1	0.2	13.9	8.8
Aug	28° / 20°	2	0.3	13.2	8.4
Sep	27° / 18°	4	0.7	12.2	8.6
Oct	25° / 15°	12	1.9	11.2	8.9
Nov	21° / 11°	22	3.3	10.4	8.0
Dec	18° / 8°	45	4.9	10	6.9

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 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	60	61	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74
Cloudier (%)	40	39	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Ensenada gets around 48 mm of rain over 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 17% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13

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

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 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
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26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:59 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)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:44
Sunset (PM)	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:22	5:38
2	11.3	6:20	5:38
3	11.3	6:19	5:39
4	11.4	6:18	5:40
5	11.4	6:17	5:41
6	11.4	6:16	5:41
7	11.5	6:15	5:42
8	11.5	6:13	5:43
9	11.5	6:12	5:44
10	11.6	6:11	5:44
11	11.6	6:10	5:45
12	11.6	6:08	5:46
13	11.7	6:07	5:47
14	11.7	6:06	5:47
15	11.7	6:05	5:48
16	11.8	6:03	5:49
17	11.8	6:02	5:50
18	11.8	6:01	5:50
19	11.9	5:59	5:51
20	11.9	5:58	5:52
21	11.9	5:57	5:52
22	12.0	5:56	5:53
23	12.0	5:54	5:54
24	12.0	5:53	5:54
25	12.1	5:52	5:55
26	12.1	5:50	5:56
27	12.1	5:49	5:56
28	12.2	5:48	5:57
29	12.2	5:46	5:58
30	12.2	5:45	5:58
31	12.3	5:44	5:59

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.33 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.83 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)	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	6.0	Bright
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.5	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Ensenada?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Ensenada for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ensenada in March

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

In March, Ensenada sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Ensenada in March

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 26 km away) is warmest in August at about 20°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Aug 7 to Sep 21 — about 1.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	19	18	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	19	Cool
Aug	20	Refreshing
Sep	20	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Ensenada in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ensenada peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	6	8	8	11	11	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ensenada?

Ensenada sits at 31.9°N, 116.6°W, 29 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada, 17 km away.

Topography around Ensenada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ensenada has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 265 m around an average of 51 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,088 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,863 m.

The land around Ensenada is covered by artificial surfaces (78%) within 3 km, shrubs (39%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (46%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

265 m

artificial surfaces 78%

16 km

1,088 m

shrubs 39%

80 km

1,863 m

shrubs 46%

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

March weather nearby: Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada 17 km · Las Delicias 68 km · Rosarito 69 km · Villa del Prado 2da Sección 71 km · Terrazas del Valle 72 km · La Joya 74 km · Pórticos de San Antonio 75 km · Tecate 77 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 54% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,889; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 43%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 440
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 Ensenada (31.8715°, -116.6007°, elevation 29 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	18	9
2	18	9
3	18	9
4	18	9
5	18	9
6	18	9
7	18	9
8	19	9
9	19	9
10	19	9
11	19	9
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	19	10
29	19	10
30	19	10
31	19	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	71	29
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0