Climate averages 1991–2020
Ovalle weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ovalle: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coquimbo (73 km away). In March its highs average 23.4°C, 4.8°C cooler than Ovalle, with 4.5 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Ovalle ranks joint 2nd of 40 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 23.9°C; Ovalle is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 5.1 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
Ovalle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| February | 29.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| March, selected | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.1 | 0.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| June | 20.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 47 | 3.2 | 10.210 h |
| July | 19.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 23 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| August | 21.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 26 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 7.9 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 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
- Coquimbo in MarchChile · 73 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 4.5 mm rain
- La Serena in MarchChile · 77 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Viña del Mar in MarchChile · 272 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Quilpué in MarchChile · 273 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Valparaíso in MarchChile · 274 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 2.3 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in MarchArgentina · 275 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Rawson in MarchArgentina · 275 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Colina in MarchChile · 294 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 14 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 Ovalle) is explained once on the Ovalle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.