Climate averages 1991–2020

Villa Mercedes, Argentina weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 16.0°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 87 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Villa Mercedes · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Villa Mercedes, Argentina: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is San Luis (91 km away). In March its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Villa Mercedes, Argentina, with 80 mm of rain.

Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Villa Mercedes, Argentina ranks joint 26th of 67 for the warmest March highs and 29th of 67 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 67 cities is 25.6°C; Villa Mercedes, Argentina is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 67 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Villa Mercedes, Argentina climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Villa Mercedes, Argentina, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.7°C18.9°C18.9°C8611.614.114 h
February 28.3°C17.8°C17.8°C799.513.313 h
March, selected 26.0°C16.0°C16.0°C879.412.312 h
April 21.8°C12.1°C12.1°C677.211.311 h
May 18.5°C8.8°C8.8°C294.610.410 h
June 16.0°C5.6°C5.6°C112.510.010 h
July 15.4°C4.5°C4.5°C112.510.110 h
August 18.6°C6.5°C6.5°C213.010.911 h
September 20.9°C8.9°C8.9°C365.611.912 h
October 23.3°C12.0°C12.0°C829.612.913 h
November 26.2°C15.0°C15.0°C8611.313.814 h
December 28.8°C17.6°C17.6°C9611.714.314 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

Distance from Villa Mercedes

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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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Villa Mercedes) is explained once on the Villa Mercedes, Argentina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.