Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de la Sierra weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Santa Cruz de la Sierra: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montero (50 km away). In March its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 21.4°C; Santa Cruz de la Sierra is 7.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 65 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
Santa Cruz de la Sierra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 172 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 141 | 16.8 | 12.713 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 118 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 65 | 10.7 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 61 | 10.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 53 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| July | 23.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 44 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| August | 26.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 44 | 5.3 | 11.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 65 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 85 | 10.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 29.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 118 | 13.1 | 12.913 h |
| December | 29.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 165 | 17.8 | 13.213 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
- Montero in MarchBolivia · 50 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 155 mm rain
- Sucre in MarchBolivia · 260 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Sacaba in MarchBolivia · 306 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MarchBolivia · 319 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 124 mm rain
- Quillacollo in MarchBolivia · 331 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Potosí in MarchBolivia · 337 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Trinidad in MarchBolivia · 376 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 234 mm rain
- Oruro in MarchBolivia · 414 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is explained once on the Santa Cruz de la Sierra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.