Climate averages 1991–2020
Indio weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th 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 Indio: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hemet (70 km away). In March its highs average 18.8°C, 6.6°C cooler than Indio, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Indio ranks joint 13th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 8th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Indio is 10.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 6.8 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
Indio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 28 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| February | 21.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 34 | 4.1 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 25.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 17 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 6.8 | 1.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 33.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 38.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 41.5°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 7.2 | 1.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 41.0°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 8.6 | 2.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 37.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 7.1 | 1.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 8.0 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 8.6 | 1.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 18.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 2.9 | 10.010 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
- Hemet in MarchUnited States · 70 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Menifee in MarchUnited States · 86 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Temecula in MarchUnited States · 90 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Perris in MarchUnited States · 94 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Murrieta in MarchUnited States · 94 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Redlands in MarchUnited States · 97 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Moreno Valley in MarchUnited States · 97 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Escondido in MarchUnited States · 105 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 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 Indio) is explained once on the Indio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.