Climate averages 1991–2020
Paysandú weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Paysandú: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gualeguaychú (87 km away). In March its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Paysandú, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Uruguay, Paysandú ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 24.9°C; Paysandú is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 140 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
Paysandú climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 104 | 8.5 | 14.014 h |
| February | 28.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 115 | 8.1 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 26.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 122 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 140 | 8.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 90 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| June | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 85 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| July | 15.8°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 72 | 6.6 | 10.210 h |
| August | 18.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 89 | 6.8 | 10.911 h |
| September | 20.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 96 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 125 | 9.2 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 107 | 7.5 | 13.714 h |
| December | 28.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 118 | 7.7 | 14.214 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
- Gualeguaychú in MarchArgentina · 87 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Concordia in MarchArgentina · 103 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Zárate in MarchArgentina · 216 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Campana in MarchArgentina · 221 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 100 mm rain
- San Nicolás de los Arroyos in MarchArgentina · 229 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Paraná in MarchArgentina · 240 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Don Torcuato in MarchArgentina · 247 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Rosario in MarchArgentina · 250 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 126 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 Paysandú) is explained once on the Paysandú year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.