Climate averages 1991–2020
La Plata weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th 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 La Plata: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berisso (9 km away). In March its highs average 24.4°C, about as warm as La Plata, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, La Plata ranks joint 56th of 67 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 67 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 67 cities is 25.6°C; La Plata is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 86 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
La Plata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 | 8.0 | 14.214 h |
| February | 26.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 87 | 8.8 | 13.413 h |
| March, selected | 24.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 84 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 86 | 7.6 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 60 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 5.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 13.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 64 | 6.3 | 10.010 h |
| August | 15.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 68 | 6.1 | 10.811 h |
| September | 17.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 19.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 102 | 9.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 93 | 8.5 | 13.914 h |
| December | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 82 | 8.5 | 14.414 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
- Berisso in MarchArgentina · 9 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Berazategui in MarchArgentina · 29 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Quilmes in MarchArgentina · 35 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 88 mm rain
- San Vicente in MarchArgentina · 44 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Lomas de Zamora in MarchArgentina · 45 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Avellaneda in MarchArgentina · 48 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Buenos Aires in MarchArgentina · 52 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Ezeiza in MarchArgentina · 53 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 85 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 La Plata) is explained once on the La Plata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.