Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos de Bariloche weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in San Carlos de Bariloche: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Montt (141 km away). In March its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as San Carlos de Bariloche, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, San Carlos de Bariloche ranks 66th of 67 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 67 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 67 cities is 25.6°C; San Carlos de Bariloche is 8.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 74 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
San Carlos de Bariloche climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 31 | 5.2 | 14.815 h |
| February | 19.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 33 | 5.0 | 13.714 h |
| March, selected | 17.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 41 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| April | 12.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 74 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 7.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 119 | 12.9 | 9.910 h |
| June | 4.5°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 172 | 16.0 | 9.39 h |
| July | 3.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 140 | 14.5 | 9.510 h |
| August | 4.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 131 | 14.5 | 10.510 h |
| September | 7.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 68 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 10.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 70 | 10.2 | 13.213 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 52 | 8.3 | 14.414 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 47 | 6.8 | 15.115 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
- Puerto Montt in MarchChile · 141 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Osorno in MarchChile · 166 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Valdivia in MarchChile · 221 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in MarchChile · 287 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Temuco in MarchChile · 290 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Neuquén in MarchArgentina · 369 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Cipolletti in MarchArgentina · 374 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 19 mm rain
- General Roca in MarchArgentina · 394 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 25 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 San Carlos de Bariloche) is explained once on the San Carlos de Bariloche year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.