Climate averages 1991–2020
Rafaela weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Rafaela: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Fe (86 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Rafaela, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Rafaela ranks 15th of 67 for the warmest March highs and 66th of 67 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 67 cities is 25.6°C; Rafaela is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 139 mm to 109 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
Rafaela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 119 | 9.5 | 13.914 h |
| February | 28.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 126 | 8.9 | 13.213 h |
| March, selected | 26.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 139 | 8.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 109 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 65 | 6.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 17.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 40 | 4.8 | 10.110 h |
| July | 16.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 30 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 19.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 42 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| September | 21.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 130 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 123 | 8.5 | 13.714 h |
| December | 29.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 129 | 9.4 | 14.114 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
- Santa Fe in MarchArgentina · 86 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Paraná in MarchArgentina · 106 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Rosario in MarchArgentina · 205 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 126 mm rain
- Villa María in MarchArgentina · 209 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Gobernador Gálvez in MarchArgentina · 213 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Córdoba in MarchArgentina · 257 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 120 mm rain
- San Nicolás de los Arroyos in MarchArgentina · 261 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Venado Tuerto in MarchArgentina · 281 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 113 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 Rafaela) is explained once on the Rafaela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.