Carlsbad weather in March

In March, Carlsbad sees average daytime highs of 71°F and overnight lows near 44°F, with 0.7 in of precipitation across 3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 67°F in the first days to 75°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 Carlsbad's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Carlsbad's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 71°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 44°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 0.7 in; 3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:14 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 8th clearest
Wind: 9 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; out of 10

Carlsbad is city in and county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.

Density: 355/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1888

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 67°F in the first days to 75°F by the end.

A typical March day in Carlsbad reaches about 71°F in the afternoon and slips back to 44°F overnight — a 27°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 57°F and 83°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 8°F warmer than February and about 8°F 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 (°F)	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	75	75
Avg low (°F)	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	48

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	66	40
2	67	40
3	67	41
4	67	41
5	67	41
6	68	42
7	68	42
8	68	42
9	69	42
10	69	43
11	69	43
12	70	43
13	70	44
14	70	44
15	71	44
16	71	44
17	71	45
18	72	45
19	72	45
20	72	46
21	73	46
22	73	46
23	73	46
24	73	46
25	74	47
26	74	47
27	74	47
28	74	47
29	75	47
30	75	47
31	75	48

How March really feels in Carlsbad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

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.

Carlsbad weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	58° / 33°	0.6	2.6	0.9	10.1	5.2
Feb	63° / 38°	0.6	2.8	0.7	10.8	6.8
Mar	71° / 44°	0.7	3	0.1	11.8	8.1
Apr	79° / 51°	0.7	2	0	12.8	8.3
May	88° / 61°	1.1	4.1	0	13.6	5.5
Jun	95° / 69°	0.7	4.1	0	14.1	2.9
Jul	95° / 72°	1.2	5.3	0	13.9	2.8
Aug	93° / 71°	1.2	6.2	0	13.2	3.5
Sep	87° / 64°	1.6	5.2	0	12.2	5.7
Oct	77° / 53°	1.2	4.3	0.1	11.2	8.1
Nov	66° / 42°	0.7	2.8	0.4	10.3	7.5
Dec	58° / 34°	0.7	2.7	0.9	9.9	5.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	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 (%)	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	72	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75
Cloudier (%)	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	28	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Carlsbad gets around 0.7 in of rain and snow over 3 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 10% and peaks near 11% 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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8

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

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 mph in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 mph on the calmest days to 10 mph 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 (mph)	9	9	9	9	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
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	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	9	light breeze
2	9	light breeze
3	9	light breeze
4	9	light breeze
5	9	light breeze
6	9	light breeze
7	9	light breeze
8	9	light breeze
9	9	light breeze
10	9	light breeze
11	9	light breeze
12	9	light breeze
13	9	light breeze
14	9	light breeze
15	9	light breeze
16	9	light breeze
17	9	light breeze
18	9	light breeze
19	9	light breeze
20	9	light breeze
21	9	light breeze
22	9	light breeze
23	10	light breeze
24	10	light breeze
25	10	light breeze
26	10	light breeze
27	10	light breeze
28	10	light breeze
29	10	light breeze
30	10	light breeze
31	10	light breeze

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 6:33 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:10 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	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	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)	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:33	5:48
2	11.3	6:31	5:48
3	11.3	6:30	5:49
4	11.3	6:29	5:50
5	11.4	6:28	5:51
6	11.4	6:27	5:52
7	11.4	6:25	5:52
8	11.5	6:24	5:53
9	11.5	6:23	5:54
10	11.5	6:22	5:55
11	11.6	6:20	5:55
12	11.6	6:19	5:56
13	11.7	6:18	5:57
14	11.7	6:17	5:58
15	11.7	6:15	5:58
16	11.8	6:14	5:59
17	11.8	6:13	6:00
18	11.8	6:11	6:01
19	11.9	6:10	6:01
20	11.9	6:09	6:02
21	11.9	6:07	6:03
22	12.0	6:06	6:03
23	12.0	6:05	6:04
24	12.0	6:03	6:05
25	12.1	6:02	6:06
26	12.1	6:01	6:06
27	12.1	5:59	6:07
28	12.2	5:58	6:08
29	12.2	5:57	6:08
30	12.2	5:55	6:09
31	12.3	5:54	6:10

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.29 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.93 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)	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6
Level	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	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.6	Intense
31	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Carlsbad?

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

8.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Carlsbad in March

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

In March, Carlsbad sees daytime highs around 71°F and nights near 44°F. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Carlsbad in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Carlsbad peaks around June 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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	7	10	10	12	12	11	10	7	5	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	10	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Carlsbad 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 Carlsbad is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (October, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	12	11	9	11	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	9	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Carlsbad?

Carlsbad sits at 32.4°N, 104.2°W, 3,100 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Hobbs, 66 mi away.

Topography around Carlsbad

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Carlsbad.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Carlsbad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 ft around an average of 3,123 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 991 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,561 ft.

The land around Carlsbad is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and shrubs (25%) within 2 miles, grassland (58%) and shrubs (24%) within 10 miles, and grassland (68%) and shrubs (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

144 ft

artificial surfaces 39%

10 miles

991 ft

grassland 58%

50 miles

5,561 ft

grassland 68%

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

March weather nearby: Hobbs 66 mi · Roswell 70 mi · Alamogordo 106 mi · West Odessa 109 mi · Odessa 116 mi · Horizon City 126 mi · Midland 129 mi · Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia 132 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Carlsbad (32.4207°, -104.2288°, elevation 3,100 ft), 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).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	66	40
2	67	40
3	67	41
4	67	41
5	67	41
6	68	42
7	68	42
8	68	42
9	69	42
10	69	43
11	69	43
12	70	43
13	70	44
14	70	44
15	71	44
16	71	44
17	71	45
18	72	45
19	72	45
20	72	46
21	73	46
22	73	46
23	73	46
24	73	46
25	74	47
26	74	47
27	74	47
28	74	47
29	75	47
30	75	47
31	75	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

	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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	66	40
2	67	40
3	67	41
4	67	41
5	67	41
6	68	42
7	68	42
8	68	42
9	69	42
10	69	43
11	69	43
12	70	43
13	70	44
14	70	44
15	71	44
16	71	44
17	71	45
18	72	45
19	72	45
20	72	46
21	73	46
22	73	46
23	73	46
24	73	46
25	74	47
26	74	47
27	74	47
28	74	47
29	75	47
30	75	47
31	75	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

	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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	66	40
2	67	40
3	67	41
4	67	41
5	67	41
6	68	42
7	68	42
8	68	42
9	69	42
10	69	43
11	69	43
12	70	43
13	70	44
14	70	44
15	71	44
16	71	44
17	71	45
18	72	45
19	72	45
20	72	46
21	73	46
22	73	46
23	73	46
24	73	46
25	74	47
26	74	47
27	74	47
28	74	47
29	75	47
30	75	47
31	75	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

	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