Odessa weather in March

In March, Odessa sees average daytime highs of 71°F and overnight lows near 46°F, with 1.2 in of precipitation across 3.9 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 74°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 Odessa's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Odessa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 71°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 46°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 1.2 in; 3.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:06 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 mph; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Odessa is city in Ector and Midland counties in Texas, United States, that is county seat of Ector County.

Density: 972/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1881

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 67°F in the first days to 74°F by the end.

A typical March day in Odessa reaches about 71°F in the afternoon and slips back to 46°F overnight — a 25°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	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	75
Avg low (°F)	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	66	41
2	67	41
3	67	42
4	67	42
5	67	42
6	68	42
7	68	43
8	68	43
9	69	44
10	69	44
11	69	44
12	69	45
13	70	45
14	70	45
15	71	46
16	71	46
17	71	46
18	71	46
19	72	47
20	72	47
21	72	47
22	73	47
23	73	48
24	73	48
25	73	48
26	74	48
27	74	48
28	74	49
29	74	49
30	74	49
31	75	49

How March really feels in Odessa

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.

Odessa 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° / 35°	0.8	3.2	0.8	10.2	5.2
Feb	63° / 38°	0.8	3.8	0.4	10.8	6.5
Mar	71° / 46°	1.2	3.9	0.1	11.8	7.8
Apr	79° / 53°	1.1	4.3	0.1	12.8	8.0
May	87° / 62°	2.2	7.1	0	13.6	5.4
Jun	92° / 69°	1.5	7.1	0	14	3.6
Jul	93° / 72°	1.3	5.3	0	13.9	3.4
Aug	92° / 71°	1.5	6.2	0	13.2	3.8
Sep	86° / 64°	1.8	6.6	0	12.2	5.8
Oct	77° / 54°	1.5	5	0	11.2	8.0
Nov	66° / 43°	0.9	3.4	0.3	10.4	7.4
Dec	58° / 35°	1.0	3.4	0.7	10	5.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 33%. 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 (%)	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	71	70
Cloudier (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	30

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Odessa gets around 1.2 in of rain and snow over 3.9 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 13% and peaks near 14% 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 (%)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12

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

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 97% 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	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in March

Winds average 11 mph in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 mph on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	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	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	11	light breeze
2	11	light breeze
3	11	light breeze
4	11	light breeze
5	11	light breeze
6	11	light breeze
7	11	light breeze
8	11	light breeze
9	11	light breeze
10	11	light breeze
11	11	light breeze
12	11	light breeze
13	11	light breeze
14	11	light breeze
15	11	light breeze
16	11	light breeze
17	11	light breeze
18	11	light breeze
19	11	light breeze
20	11	light breeze
21	11	light breeze
22	11	light breeze
23	11	light breeze
24	11	light breeze
25	11	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	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 7:25 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 7:02 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)	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:25	6:41
2	11.3	7:24	6:42
3	11.3	7:22	6:42
4	11.4	7:21	6:43
5	11.4	7:20	6:44
6	11.4	7:19	6:45
7	11.5	7:18	6:45
8	11.5	7:16	6:46
9	11.5	7:15	6:47
10	11.6	7:14	6:48
11	11.6	7:13	6:48
12	11.6	7:11	6:49
13	11.7	7:10	6:50
14	11.7	7:09	6:50
15	11.7	7:08	6:51
16	11.8	7:06	6:52
17	11.8	7:05	6:53
18	11.8	7:04	6:53
19	11.9	7:02	6:54
20	11.9	7:01	6:55
21	11.9	7:00	6:55
22	12.0	6:59	6:56
23	12.0	6:57	6:57
24	12.0	6:56	6:57
25	12.1	6:55	6:58
26	12.1	6:53	6:59
27	12.1	6:52	6:59
28	12.2	6:51	7:00
29	12.2	6:49	7:01
30	12.2	6:48	7:02
31	12.3	6:47	7:02

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.68 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	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	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	6.2	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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

	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	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	6.0	Bright
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Odessa?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Odessa in March

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

In March, Odessa sees daytime highs around 71°F and nights near 46°F. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Odessa 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 Odessa peaks around June 22 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	9	6	5	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	10	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Odessa?

Odessa sits at 31.8°N, 102.4°W, 2,900 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is West Odessa, 7.5 mi away.

Topography around Odessa

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Odessa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 ft around an average of 2,904 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 354 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,138 ft.

The land around Odessa is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) within 2 miles, grassland (69%) within 10 miles, and grassland (81%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

102 ft

artificial surfaces 75%

10 miles

354 ft

grassland 69%

50 miles

1,138 ft

grassland 81%

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

March weather nearby: West Odessa 7.5 mi · Midland 20 mi · Big Spring 59 mi · Hobbs 75 mi · Carlsbad 116 mi · San Angelo 117 mi · Lubbock 123 mi · Abilene 160 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 Odessa (31.8457°, -102.3676°, elevation 2,900 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	66	41
2	67	41
3	67	42
4	67	42
5	67	42
6	68	42
7	68	43
8	68	43
9	69	44
10	69	44
11	69	44
12	69	45
13	70	45
14	70	45
15	71	46
16	71	46
17	71	46
18	71	46
19	72	47
20	72	47
21	72	47
22	73	47
23	73	48
24	73	48
25	73	48
26	74	48
27	74	48
28	74	49
29	74	49
30	74	49
31	75	49

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	66	41
2	67	41
3	67	42
4	67	42
5	67	42
6	68	42
7	68	43
8	68	43
9	69	44
10	69	44
11	69	44
12	69	45
13	70	45
14	70	45
15	71	46
16	71	46
17	71	46
18	71	46
19	72	47
20	72	47
21	72	47
22	73	47
23	73	48
24	73	48
25	73	48
26	74	48
27	74	48
28	74	49
29	74	49
30	74	49
31	75	49

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	66	41
2	67	41
3	67	42
4	67	42
5	67	42
6	68	42
7	68	43
8	68	43
9	69	44
10	69	44
11	69	44
12	69	45
13	70	45
14	70	45
15	71	46
16	71	46
17	71	46
18	71	46
19	72	47
20	72	47
21	72	47
22	73	47
23	73	48
24	73	48
25	73	48
26	74	48
27	74	48
28	74	49
29	74	49
30	74	49
31	75	49

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3