Climate averages 1991–2020
Catamarca weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Catamarca: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santiago del Estero (167 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, 2.9°C warmer than Catamarca, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Catamarca ranks joint 26th of 67 for the warmest March highs and 46th of 67 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 67 cities is 25.6°C; Catamarca is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Catamarca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 167 | 16.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 118 | 13.8 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 26.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 109 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 65 | 9.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 37 | 6.9 | 10.711 h |
| June | 17.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 20 | 4.1 | 10.410 h |
| July | 17.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 15 | 3.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 21.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 17 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 32 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 65 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| November | 28.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 98 | 12.8 | 13.514 h |
| December | 29.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 129 | 15.4 | 13.914 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Santiago del Estero in MarchArgentina · 167 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Córdoba in MarchArgentina · 361 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 120 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in MarchArgentina · 431 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Rawson in MarchArgentina · 436 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Copiapó in MarchChile · 463 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Villa María in MarchArgentina · 501 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Rafaela in MarchArgentina · 517 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Río Cuarto in MarchArgentina · 536 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 88 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Catamarca) is explained once on the Catamarca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.