Places with the best weather in North America in March: ranked by comfort score
San Cristóbal de las Casas tops the list at 97 /100 in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.
Top three in March: San Cristóbal de las Casas (97 /100) , Saltillo (95 /100) , Xico (95 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 8.8 /100.
| # | Destination | Country | Comfort | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Sunshine | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Cristóbal de las Casas | Mexico | 97 /100 | 23 °C | 11 °C | 21 mm | 4 | 351 h | – |
| 2 | Saltillo | Mexico | 95 /100 | 24 °C | 9.8 °C | 24 mm | 5 | 344 h | – |
| 3 | Xico | Mexico | 95 /100 | 25 °C | 10 °C | 20 mm | 4 | 349 h | – |
| 4 | Henderson | United States | 94 /100 | 22 °C | 9.5 °C | 16 mm | 3 | 342 h | – |
| 5 | Iztapalapa | Mexico | 94 /100 | 24 °C | 9.4 °C | 20 mm | 5 | 349 h | – |
| 6 | Mixco | Guatemala | 93 /100 | 26 °C | 13 °C | 8 mm | 2 | 357 h | – |
| 7 | Comitán | Mexico | 93 /100 | 26 °C | 14 °C | 10 mm | 2 | 353 h | – |
| 8 | Mexico City | Mexico | 93 /100 | 24 °C | 9.4 °C | 29 mm | 6 | 348 h | – |
| 9 | Los Angeles | United States | 93 /100 | 21 °C | 8.8 °C | 56 mm | 5 | 333 h | 15 °C |
| 10 | Las Vegas | United States | 93 /100 | 21 °C | 8.8 °C | 17 mm | 3 | 341 h | – |
| 11 | Puebla | Mexico | 93 /100 | 25 °C | 9.9 °C | 16 mm | 4 | 352 h | – |
| 12 | Toluca | Mexico | 92 /100 | 21 °C | 7.7 °C | 27 mm | 6 | 357 h | – |
| 13 | Santa Catarina | Mexico | 92 /100 | 25 °C | 14 °C | 44 mm | 7 | 321 h | – |
| 14 | Pachuca de Soto | Mexico | 92 /100 | 23 °C | 7.7 °C | 21 mm | 5 | 346 h | – |
| 15 | Jacksonville | United States | 92 /100 | 23 °C | 13 °C | 75 mm | 7 | 292 h | 17 °C |
| 16 | Ecatepec de Morelos | Mexico | 91 /100 | 24 °C | 7.8 °C | 10 mm | 3 | 349 h | – |
| 17 | Spring Valley | United States | 91 /100 | 21 °C | 7.9 °C | 17 mm | 3 | 342 h | – |
| 18 | Cuautitlán | Mexico | 91 /100 | 24 °C | 8.0 °C | 20 mm | 5 | 348 h | – |
| 19 | St. Petersburg | United States | 91 /100 | 22 °C | 16 °C | 57 mm | 6 | 308 h | 20 °C |
| 20 | Mesa | United States | 91 /100 | 25 °C | 9.0 °C | 29 mm | 3 | 339 h | – |
| 21 | Morelia | Mexico | 91 /100 | 26 °C | 11 °C | 15 mm | 3 | 360 h | – |
| 22 | Monterrey | Mexico | 91 /100 | 26 °C | 14 °C | 46 mm | 7 | 317 h | – |
| 23 | Ensenada | Mexico | 91 /100 | 19 °C | 11 °C | 49 mm | 5 | 346 h | 16 °C |
| 24 | Uruapan | Mexico | 91 /100 | 27 °C | 11 °C | 35 mm | 5 | 362 h | – |
| 25 | San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida | Mexico | 91 /100 | 24 °C | 9.1 °C | 41 mm | 8 | 347 h | – |
| 26 | Cabo San Lucas | Mexico | 91 /100 | 26 °C | 18 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 344 h | 22 °C |
| 27 | Orlando | United States | 91 /100 | 25 °C | 14 °C | 63 mm | 6 | 300 h | – |
| 28 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | 90 /100 | 27 °C | 14 °C | 9 mm | 2 | 357 h | – |
| 29 | Phoenix | United States | 90 /100 | 26 °C | 9.7 °C | 27 mm | 3 | 338 h | – |
| 30 | Jalapa | Guatemala | 90 /100 | 27 °C | 15 °C | 14 mm | 3 | 352 h | – |
| 31 | Tucson | United States | 90 /100 | 24 °C | 8.6 °C | 18 mm | 3 | 343 h | – |
| 32 | Tallahassee | United States | 90 /100 | 22 °C | 11 °C | 109 mm | 9 | 291 h | – |
| 33 | Anaheim | United States | 90 /100 | 20 °C | 9.6 °C | 49 mm | 5 | 336 h | 15 °C |
| 34 | Tampa | United States | 90 /100 | 24 °C | 15 °C | 60 mm | 6 | 307 h | – |
| 35 | Glendale | United States | 90 /100 | 21 °C | 8.4 °C | 65 mm | 7 | 335 h | – |
| 36 | Irvine | United States | 90 /100 | 20 °C | 10 °C | 55 mm | 6 | 334 h | 15 °C |
| 37 | Tehuacán | Mexico | 89 /100 | 27 °C | 12 °C | 18 mm | 4 | 348 h | – |
| 38 | Bakersfield | United States | 89 /100 | 20 °C | 8.0 °C | 48 mm | 7 | 334 h | – |
| 39 | La Paz | Mexico | 89 /100 | 27 °C | 16 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 343 h | 21 °C |
| 40 | San Bernardino | United States | 89 /100 | 20 °C | 7.5 °C | 56 mm | 6 | 337 h | – |
| 41 | Pomona | United States | 89 /100 | 20 °C | 8.5 °C | 65 mm | 7 | 329 h | – |
| 42 | Ontario | United States | 89 /100 | 20 °C | 8.5 °C | 66 mm | 7 | 330 h | – |
| 43 | Santa Clarita | United States | 89 /100 | 20 °C | 7.5 °C | 58 mm | 6 | 334 h | – |
| 44 | Mazatlán | Mexico | 89 /100 | 27 °C | 17 °C | 3 mm | 0 | 351 h | 22 °C |
| 45 | Ciudad Acuña | Mexico | 89 /100 | 26 °C | 13 °C | 38 mm | 5 | 287 h | – |
| 46 | Cape Coral | United States | 89 /100 | 26 °C | 17 °C | 44 mm | 5 | 324 h | 22 °C |
| 47 | Riverside | United States | 88 /100 | 21 °C | 7.8 °C | 64 mm | 7 | 334 h | – |
| 48 | Long Beach | United States | 88 /100 | 19 °C | 10 °C | 44 mm | 4 | 338 h | 15 °C |
| 49 | San Miguel de Allende | Mexico | 88 /100 | 27 °C | 11 °C | 12 mm | 2 | 354 h | – |
| 50 | Monclova | Mexico | 88 /100 | 28 °C | 14 °C | 19 mm | 3 | 325 h | – |
Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.
The same ranking one month earlier and later
February: top 5
- Santa Catarina 97 /100
- Comitán 96 /100
- Monterrey 96 /100
- Mexicali 96 /100
- San Cristóbal de las Casas 96 /100
April: top 5
- Bakersfield 96 /100
- Fresno 96 /100
- Ontario 96 /100
- Pomona 95 /100
- Modesto 95 /100
How this ranking is built
- What is ranked
- Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in March, highest first.
- Period
- 1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
- Who is included
- 50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
- Ties
- Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
- Sources
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.