Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago del Estero weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Santiago del Estero: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th 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 Catamarca (167 km away). In March its highs average 26.0°C, 2.9°C cooler than Santiago del Estero, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Santiago del Estero ranks joint 6th of 67 for the warmest March highs and 56th of 67 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 67 cities is 25.6°C; Santiago del Estero is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 68 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
Santiago del Estero climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 147 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| February | 31.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 116 | 10.6 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 28.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 124 | 11.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 68 | 8.2 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 22 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 15 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| July | 20.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 11 | 2.5 | 10.611 h |
| August | 24.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 27.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 28 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 60 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 30.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 86 | 9.3 | 13.513 h |
| December | 32.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 130 | 11.7 | 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
- Catamarca in MarchArgentina · 167 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña in MarchArgentina · 394 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Córdoba in MarchArgentina · 401 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Rafaela in MarchArgentina · 468 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Reconquista in MarchArgentina · 475 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 119 mm rain
- Goya in MarchArgentina · 511 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 125 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in MarchArgentina · 519 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Resistencia in MarchArgentina · 521 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 131 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 Santiago del Estero) is explained once on the Santiago del Estero year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.