Climate averages 1991–2020
Rancagua weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd 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 Rancagua: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd 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 Paine (40 km away). In March its highs average 27.7°C, 1.8°C warmer than Rancagua, with 7.2 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Rancagua ranks joint 14th of 40 for the warmest March highs and joint 19th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 23.9°C; Rancagua is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 44 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
Rancagua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 14.114 h |
| February | 27.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 6.7 | 1.5 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 25.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 11 | 1.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.9°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 44 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 99 | 7.3 | 10.410 h |
| June | 15.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 167 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| July | 14.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 124 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 15.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 108 | 8.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 17.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 81 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 60 | 8.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 26 | 4.8 | 13.914 h |
| December | 26.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 13 | 2.0 | 14.414 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
- Paine in MarchChile · 40 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Puente Alto in MarchChile · 64 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Peñaflor in MarchChile · 64 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 10 mm rain
- San Bernardo in MarchChile · 64 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Maipú in MarchChile · 73 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Santiago in MarchChile · 80 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Peñalolén in MarchChile · 80 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Quilicura in MarchChile · 89 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.4°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 Rancagua) is explained once on the Rancagua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.