El Centro weather in March

In March, El Centro sees average daytime highs of 82°F and overnight lows near 54°F, with 0.3 in of rain across 1.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 78°F in the first days to 84°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high: 82°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 54°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 0.3 in; 1.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:59 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 mph; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

El Centro is city in and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States.

Density: 1,513/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1905

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

← February El Centro 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 78°F in the first days to 84°F by the end.

A typical March day in El Centro reaches about 82°F in the afternoon and slips back to 54°F overnight — a 28°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 71°F and 91°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°F warmer than February and about 6°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)	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	85
Avg low (°F)	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	78	52
2	78	52
3	78	52
4	78	52
5	79	52
6	79	53
7	80	53
8	80	53
9	80	53
10	81	53
11	81	54
12	82	54
13	82	54
14	82	54
15	82	55
16	83	55
17	83	55
18	83	55
19	83	55
20	83	55
21	83	55
22	83	55
23	84	55
24	84	56
25	84	56
26	84	56
27	84	56
28	84	56
29	84	56
30	84	56
31	85	56

How March really feels in El Centro

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.

El Centro weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	71° / 48°	0.4	1.7	10.1	8.4
Feb	75° / 50°	0.5	2	10.8	8.7
Mar	82° / 54°	0.3	1.1	11.8	7.9
Apr	88° / 59°	0.1	0.5	12.8	5.8
May	96° / 66°	0.0	0.2	13.7	3.1
Jun	104° / 73°	0.0	0	14.1	0.4
Jul	109° / 81°	0.2	1.5	13.9	0.0
Aug	108° / 82°	0.3	2.5	13.2	0.0
Sep	102° / 75°	0.4	1.4	12.2	0.8
Oct	91° / 64°	0.2	0.7	11.2	4.8
Nov	79° / 53°	0.2	0.6	10.3	8.6
Dec	70° / 47°	0.4	1.5	9.9	8.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. 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 (%)	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	81	81	81	81	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	84	84	85
Cloudier (%)	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

El Centro gets around 0.3 in of rain over 1.1 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 4% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
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	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
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 6 mph in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 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 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:18 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:55 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)	11.2	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	11.9	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)	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	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	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:39
Sunset (PM)	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	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	5:55	5:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:18	5:33
2	11.3	6:17	5:34
3	11.3	6:16	5:34
4	11.3	6:15	5:35
5	11.4	6:13	5:36
6	11.4	6:12	5:37
7	11.4	6:11	5:38
8	11.5	6:10	5:38
9	11.5	6:09	5:39
10	11.5	6:07	5:40
11	11.6	6:06	5:41
12	11.6	6:05	5:41
13	11.6	6:03	5:42
14	11.7	6:02	5:43
15	11.7	6:01	5:44
16	11.7	5:59	5:44
17	11.8	5:58	5:45
18	11.8	5:57	5:46
19	11.9	5:55	5:47
20	11.9	5:54	5:47
21	11.9	5:53	5:48
22	12.0	5:51	5:49
23	12.0	5:50	5:50
24	12.0	5:49	5:50
25	12.1	5:47	5:51
26	12.1	5:46	5:52
27	12.1	5:45	5:52
28	12.2	5:43	5:53
29	12.2	5:42	5:54
30	12.2	5:41	5:55
31	12.3	5:39	5:55

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.33 kWh/m² to a high of 8.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 6.15 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	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9
Level	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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.4	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.6	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.7	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.8	Intense
31	6.9	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit El Centro?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.6

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for El Centro in March

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

In March, El Centro sees daytime highs around 82°F and nights near 54°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in El Centro in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Centro peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is El Centro?

El Centro sits at 32.8°N, 115.6°W, -39 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Imperial, 3.7 mi away.

Topography around El Centro

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around El Centro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 ft around an average of -39 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,545 ft.

The land around El Centro is covered by artificial surfaces (48%), bare terrain (28%) and cropland (21%) within 2 miles, cropland (67%) and bare terrain (21%) within 10 miles, and bare terrain (59%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

46 ft

artificial surfaces 48%

10 miles

177 ft

cropland 67%

50 miles

6,545 ft

bare terrain 59%

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

March weather nearby: Imperial 3.7 mi · Calexico 8.7 mi · Santa Isabel 11 mi · Mexicali 13 mi · Brawley 13 mi · Puebla 20 mi · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 44 mi · San Luis 50 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 El Centro (32.792°, -115.5631°, elevation -39 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. 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	78	52
2	78	52
3	78	52
4	78	52
5	79	52
6	79	53
7	80	53
8	80	53
9	80	53
10	81	53
11	81	54
12	82	54
13	82	54
14	82	54
15	82	55
16	83	55
17	83	55
18	83	55
19	83	55
20	83	55
21	83	55
22	83	55
23	84	55
24	84	56
25	84	56
26	84	56
27	84	56
28	84	56
29	84	56
30	84	56
31	85	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
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	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	78	52
2	78	52
3	78	52
4	78	52
5	79	52
6	79	53
7	80	53
8	80	53
9	80	53
10	81	53
11	81	54
12	82	54
13	82	54
14	82	54
15	82	55
16	83	55
17	83	55
18	83	55
19	83	55
20	83	55
21	83	55
22	83	55
23	84	55
24	84	56
25	84	56
26	84	56
27	84	56
28	84	56
29	84	56
30	84	56
31	85	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
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	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	78	52
2	78	52
3	78	52
4	78	52
5	79	52
6	79	53
7	80	53
8	80	53
9	80	53
10	81	53
11	81	54
12	82	54
13	82	54
14	82	54
15	82	55
16	83	55
17	83	55
18	83	55
19	83	55
20	83	55
21	83	55
22	83	55
23	84	55
24	84	56
25	84	56
26	84	56
27	84	56
28	84	56
29	84	56
30	84	56
31	85	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
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	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
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