Rio Rico weather in March

In March, Rio Rico sees average daytime highs of 69°F and overnight lows near 44°F, with 0.8 in of precipitation across 3.1 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 66°F in the first days to 72°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% 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 Rio Rico's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rio Rico's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 69°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 44°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 0.8 in; 3.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:41 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 mph; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Rio Rico is census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States.

Density: 117/km²; people per km²

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 72°F by the end.

A typical March day in Rio Rico 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 57°F and 79°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°F warmer than February and about 7°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	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72
Avg low (°F)	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46

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

How March really feels in Rio Rico

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.

Rio Rico 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	62° / 37°	1.1	3.7	0.4	10.2	6.3
Feb	64° / 40°	1.2	4.5	0.4	10.9	6.8
Mar	69° / 44°	0.8	3.1	0.3	11.8	7.9
Apr	76° / 49°	0.3	1.5	0.1	12.7	8.8
May	85° / 56°	0.2	1.2	0	13.6	7.1
Jun	92° / 65°	0.3	2.3	0	14	4.1
Jul	91° / 69°	3.2	13.5	0	13.8	3.5
Aug	88° / 67°	2.9	14	0	13.1	4.1
Sep	86° / 64°	1.5	6.5	0	12.2	5.7
Oct	79° / 54°	0.7	2.7	0	11.2	8.3
Nov	69° / 44°	0.7	2.5	0.1	10.4	8.1
Dec	61° / 37°	1.2	4.4	0.5	10	6.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% 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 26%. 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 (%)	67	68	67	68	68	69	71	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78
Cloudier (%)	33	32	33	32	32	31	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Rio Rico gets around 0.8 in of rain and snow over 3.1 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 13% 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	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8

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

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 mph on the calmest days to 7 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	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	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	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	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 6:59 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:37 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)	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:59	6:15
2	11.3	6:58	6:16
3	11.3	6:57	6:17
4	11.4	6:55	6:18
5	11.4	6:54	6:19
6	11.4	6:53	6:19
7	11.5	6:52	6:20
8	11.5	6:51	6:21
9	11.5	6:49	6:21
10	11.6	6:48	6:22
11	11.6	6:47	6:23
12	11.6	6:46	6:24
13	11.7	6:45	6:24
14	11.7	6:43	6:25
15	11.7	6:42	6:26
16	11.8	6:41	6:26
17	11.8	6:39	6:27
18	11.8	6:38	6:28
19	11.9	6:37	6:28
20	11.9	6:36	6:29
21	11.9	6:34	6:30
22	12.0	6:33	6:31
23	12.0	6:32	6:31
24	12.0	6:30	6:32
25	12.1	6:29	6:33
26	12.1	6:28	6:33
27	12.1	6:26	6:34
28	12.2	6:25	6:35
29	12.2	6:24	6:35
30	12.2	6:23	6:36
31	12.3	6:21	6:37

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.49 kWh/m² to a high of 8.29 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 6.25 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	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0
Level	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	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	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.4	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.6	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.8	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 Rio Rico?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Rio Rico in March

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

In March, Rio Rico sees daytime highs around 69°F and nights near 44°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Rio Rico 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 Rio Rico peaks around June 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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	5	7	10	10	12	11	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

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

Location & terrain

Where is Rio Rico?

Rio Rico sits at 31.5°N, 111.0°W, 3,481 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Nogales, 9.3 mi away.

Topography around Rio Rico

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Rio Rico has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 604 ft around an average of 3,524 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,822 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,339 ft.

The land around Rio Rico is covered by shrubs (63%) within 2 miles, shrubs (74%) within 10 miles, and shrubs (80%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

604 ft

shrubs 63%

10 miles

2,822 ft

shrubs 74%

50 miles

7,339 ft

shrubs 80%

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

March weather nearby: Nogales 9.3 mi · Nogales 11 mi · Green Valley 27 mi · Sahuarita 34 mi · Sierra Vista 40 mi · Vail 43 mi · Drexel Heights 47 mi · Tucson 52 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 Rio Rico (31.4715°, -110.9765°, elevation 3,481 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	66	41
4	66	41
5	67	42
6	67	42
7	67	42
8	67	42
9	68	43
10	68	43
11	68	43
12	69	43
13	69	44
14	69	44
15	69	44
16	70	44
17	70	44
18	70	44
19	70	44
20	70	45
21	71	45
22	71	45
23	71	45
24	71	45
25	71	45
26	71	45
27	71	45
28	71	45
29	72	45
30	72	46
31	72	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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