Climate averages 1991–2020
Vista weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Vista: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th 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 San Marcos (10 km away). In March its highs average 17.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Vista, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Vista ranks joint 167th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 134th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Vista is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 28 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
Vista climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 73 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 92 | 6.8 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 18.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 57 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 28 | 4.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 13 | 2.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| July | 27.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 3.9 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 17 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 28 | 3.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 54 | 5.1 | 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
- San Marcos in MarchUnited States · 10 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Oceanside in MarchUnited States · 13 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Escondido in MarchUnited States · 17 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Temecula in MarchUnited States · 34 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Murrieta in MarchUnited States · 39 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 51 mm rain
- El Cajon in MarchUnited States · 52 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 48 mm rain
- San Diego in MarchUnited States · 54 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Menifee in MarchUnited States · 59 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 63 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 Vista) is explained once on the Vista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
San Marcos lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.