Climate averages 1991–2020
General Roca weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in General Roca: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cipolletti (37 km away). In March its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as General Roca, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, General Roca ranks joint 18th of 67 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 67 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 67 cities is 25.6°C; General Roca is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 29 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
General Roca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 18 | 3.1 | 14.615 h |
| February | 30.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 22 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| March, selected | 26.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 3.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 21.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 29 | 3.5 | 11.111 h |
| May | 16.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 27 | 4.9 | 10.010 h |
| June | 12.9°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 20 | 4.4 | 9.59 h |
| July | 12.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.710 h |
| August | 15.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 14 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| September | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 21 | 3.5 | 11.812 h |
| October | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 36 | 4.3 | 13.113 h |
| November | 26.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 22 | 3.2 | 14.214 h |
| December | 30.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 16 | 2.6 | 14.815 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
- Cipolletti in MarchArgentina · 37 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Neuquén in MarchArgentina · 42 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 19 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in MarchArgentina · 394 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Santa Rosa, Argentina in MarchArgentina · 395 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in MarchChile · 425 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in MarchChile · 435 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Temuco in MarchChile · 435 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in MarchChile · 451 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 33 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 General Roca) is explained once on the General Roca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.