Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarija weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Tarija: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yacuiba (121 km away). In March its highs average 27.3°C, 5.6°C warmer than Tarija, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Tarija ranks 6th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 21.4°C; Tarija is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 72 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
Tarija climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 220 | 24.8 | 13.313 h |
| February | 22.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 191 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 21.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 163 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 20.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 72 | 13.8 | 11.612 h |
| May | 19.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 24 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| June | 19.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 9.2 | 3.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 19.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 8.5 | 2.7 | 11.011 h |
| August | 20.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.411 h |
| September | 22.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 34 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 22.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 86 | 17.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 22.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 130 | 20.5 | 13.113 h |
| December | 22.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 194 | 24.5 | 13.413 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
- Yacuiba in MarchBolivia · 121 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 185 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in MarchArgentina · 183 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Potosí in MarchBolivia · 242 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Sucre in MarchBolivia · 284 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Calama in MarchChile · 444 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in MarchBolivia · 447 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Oruro in MarchBolivia · 467 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Sacaba in MarchBolivia · 480 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 161 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 Tarija) is explained once on the Tarija year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.