Las Cruces weather in March

In March, Las Cruces sees average daytime highs of 69°F and overnight lows near 44°F, with 0.4 in of rain across 1.9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 66°F in the first days to 73°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 Las Cruces's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Las Cruces's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 69°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 44°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 0.4 in; 1.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:24 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 mph; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; out of 10

Las Cruces is city in and county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

Founded: 1849

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 climb over the month, from about 66°F in the first days to 73°F by the end.

A typical March day in Las Cruces reaches about 69°F in the afternoon and slips back to 44°F overnight — a 26°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 59°F and 79°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)	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73
Avg low (°F)	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	65	41
2	65	41
3	65	41
4	66	41
5	66	41
6	66	42
7	67	42
8	67	42
9	67	42
10	68	43
11	68	43
12	68	43
13	69	43
14	69	44
15	69	44
16	70	44
17	70	44
18	70	45
19	71	45
20	71	45
21	71	45
22	71	45
23	71	46
24	72	46
25	72	46
26	72	46
27	72	46
28	73	46
29	73	47
30	73	47
31	73	47

How March really feels in Las Cruces

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.

Las Cruces weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	56° / 34°	0.5	3	0.6	10.1	4.8
Feb	62° / 38°	0.5	2.9	0.2	10.8	6.5
Mar	69° / 44°	0.4	1.9	0	11.8	8.1
Apr	77° / 50°	0.2	1.2	0	12.8	8.8
May	86° / 59°	0.3	1.7	0	13.6	6.4
Jun	94° / 68°	0.4	2.1	0	14.1	3.4
Jul	94° / 71°	1.3	7	0	13.9	3.2
Aug	92° / 69°	1.0	6.2	0	13.2	3.9
Sep	86° / 63°	1.1	3.8	0	12.2	6.0
Oct	77° / 52°	0.8	3.1	0	11.2	8.4
Nov	65° / 41°	0.6	2.2	0.3	10.3	7.3
Dec	56° / 34°	0.7	3.3	0.6	9.9	4.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%. 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 (%)	69	70	71	71	71	71	73	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	75	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78
Cloudier (%)	31	30	29	29	29	29	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Las Cruces gets around 0.4 in of rain over 1.9 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 6% and peaks near 10% 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 (%)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

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 8 mph in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 mph on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	light breeze
12	7	light breeze
13	7	light breeze
14	8	light breeze
15	8	light breeze
16	8	light breeze
17	8	light breeze
18	8	light breeze
19	8	light breeze
20	8	light breeze
21	8	light breeze
22	8	light breeze
23	8	light breeze
24	8	light breeze
25	8	light breeze
26	8	light breeze
27	8	light breeze
28	8	light breeze
29	8	light breeze
30	8	light breeze
31	8	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 6:43 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:20 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)	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:04
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:43	5:58
2	11.3	6:42	5:59
3	11.3	6:40	6:00
4	11.4	6:39	6:00
5	11.4	6:38	6:01
6	11.4	6:37	6:02
7	11.5	6:36	6:03
8	11.5	6:34	6:03
9	11.5	6:33	6:04
10	11.6	6:32	6:05
11	11.6	6:31	6:06
12	11.6	6:29	6:06
13	11.7	6:28	6:07
14	11.7	6:27	6:08
15	11.7	6:25	6:09
16	11.8	6:24	6:09
17	11.8	6:23	6:10
18	11.8	6:22	6:11
19	11.9	6:20	6:12
20	11.9	6:19	6:12
21	11.9	6:18	6:13
22	12.0	6:16	6:14
23	12.0	6:15	6:14
24	12.0	6:14	6:15
25	12.1	6:12	6:16
26	12.1	6:11	6:16
27	12.1	6:10	6:17
28	12.2	6:08	6:18
29	12.2	6:07	6:19
30	12.2	6:06	6:19
31	12.3	6:04	6:20

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.37 kWh/m² to a high of 8.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 6.21 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)	5.4	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	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0
Level	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	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.4	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.6	Intense
24	6.6	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.9	Intense
30	6.9	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Las Cruces?

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

8.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Las Cruces in March

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

In March, Las Cruces sees daytime highs around 69°F and nights near 44°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Las Cruces 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 Las Cruces peaks around July 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 4 (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	6	7	10	10	12	12	12	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Las Cruces?

Las Cruces sits at 32.3°N, 106.8°W, 3,907 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Sunland Park, 37 mi away.

Topography around Las Cruces

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Las Cruces has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 292 ft around an average of 3,937 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,906 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,948 ft.

The land around Las Cruces is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) within 2 miles, shrubs (53%) within 10 miles, and shrubs (49%) and bare terrain (30%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

292 ft

artificial surfaces 75%

10 miles

1,906 ft

shrubs 53%

50 miles

4,948 ft

shrubs 49%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

March weather nearby: Sunland Park 37 mi · El Paso 42 mi · Ciudad Juárez 45 mi · Socorro 53 mi · Horizon City 54 mi · Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia 55 mi · Alamogordo 63 mi · Nuevo Casas Grandes 147 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 Las Cruces (32.3123°, -106.7783°, elevation 3,907 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	65	41
2	65	41
3	65	41
4	66	41
5	66	41
6	66	42
7	67	42
8	67	42
9	67	42
10	68	43
11	68	43
12	68	43
13	69	43
14	69	44
15	69	44
16	70	44
17	70	44
18	70	45
19	71	45
20	71	45
21	71	45
22	71	45
23	71	46
24	72	46
25	72	46
26	72	46
27	72	46
28	73	46
29	73	47
30	73	47
31	73	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	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	65	41
2	65	41
3	65	41
4	66	41
5	66	41
6	66	42
7	67	42
8	67	42
9	67	42
10	68	43
11	68	43
12	68	43
13	69	43
14	69	44
15	69	44
16	70	44
17	70	44
18	70	45
19	71	45
20	71	45
21	71	45
22	71	45
23	71	46
24	72	46
25	72	46
26	72	46
27	72	46
28	73	46
29	73	47
30	73	47
31	73	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	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	65	41
2	65	41
3	65	41
4	66	41
5	66	41
6	66	42
7	67	42
8	67	42
9	67	42
10	68	43
11	68	43
12	68	43
13	69	43
14	69	44
15	69	44
16	70	44
17	70	44
18	70	45
19	71	45
20	71	45
21	71	45
22	71	45
23	71	46
24	72	46
25	72	46
26	72	46
27	72	46
28	73	46
29	73	47
30	73	47
31	73	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	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