Climate averages 1991–2020
Maldonado weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Maldonado: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montevideo (113 km away). In March its highs average 23.2°C, about as warm as Maldonado, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Uruguay, Maldonado ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 24.9°C; Maldonado is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 112 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
Maldonado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 63 | 5.1 | 14.214 h |
| February | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| March, selected | 22.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 88 | 8.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 112 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 92 | 8.9 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 100 | 9.5 | 9.910 h |
| July | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 105 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 14.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 96 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| September | 15.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 89 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 98 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 68 | 6.6 | 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
- Montevideo in MarchUruguay · 113 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Mar del Tuyú in MarchArgentina · 244 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Berisso in MarchArgentina · 268 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 93 mm rain
- La Plata in MarchArgentina · 274 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Berazategui in MarchArgentina · 298 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Quilmes in MarchArgentina · 302 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Avellaneda in MarchArgentina · 313 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Buenos Aires in MarchArgentina · 315 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 96 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 Maldonado) is explained once on the Maldonado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.