Climate averages 1991–2020
Los Ángeles weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Los Ángeles: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villa Mercedes, Chile (34 km away). In March its highs average 22.4°C, 1.3°C cooler than Los Ángeles, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Los Ángeles ranks 22nd of 40 for the warmest March highs and 33rd of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 23.9°C; Los Ángeles is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 85 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
Los Ángeles climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.414 h |
| February | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 25 | 2.5 | 13.514 h |
| March, selected | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 33 | 4.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 85 | 6.7 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 178 | 11.0 | 10.110 h |
| June | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 252 | 15.5 | 9.610 h |
| July | 11.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 193 | 14.1 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 169 | 13.1 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 94 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 71 | 8.1 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 40 | 5.1 | 14.114 h |
| December | 24.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 30 | 3.9 | 14.715 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
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in MarchChile · 34 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Coronel in MarchChile · 85 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Chiguayante in MarchChile · 85 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Concepción in MarchChile · 94 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 19 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in MarchChile · 96 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Chillán in MarchChile · 99 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Talcahuano in MarchChile · 107 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Temuco in MarchChile · 142 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 56 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 Los Ángeles) is explained once on the Los Ángeles year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.