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Places with the best weather in South America in March: ranked by comfort score

Abha tops the list at 97 /100 in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three in March: Abha (97 /100) , Peñalolén (96 /100) , Coquimbo (94 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 16 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Abha Saudi Arabia 97 /100 21 °C 13 °C 32 mm 7 342 h –
2 Peñalolén Chile 96 /100 25 °C 14 °C 15 mm 2 359 h –
3 Coquimbo Chile 94 /100 23 °C 16 °C 4 mm 0 347 h 17 °C
4 Puente Alto Chile 94 /100 26 °C 14 °C 15 mm 2 359 h –
5 Viña del Mar Chile 94 /100 23 °C 14 °C 3 mm 1 362 h 17 °C
6 Rancagua Chile 93 /100 26 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 359 h –
7 Concepción Chile 93 /100 22 °C 12 °C 20 mm 3 352 h 14 °C
8 Santiago Chile 93 /100 26 °C 15 °C 9 mm 1 360 h –
9 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 93 /100 25 °C 14 °C 19 mm 4 341 h –
10 Chillán Chile 93 /100 25 °C 12 °C 23 mm 3 355 h –
11 La Serena Chile 92 /100 24 °C 17 °C 4 mm 0 347 h 17 °C
12 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 92 /100 24 °C 13 °C 37 mm 8 345 h –
13 Talcahuano Chile 92 /100 21 °C 12 °C 19 mm 3 352 h 14 °C
14 Maipú Chile 91 /100 27 °C 14 °C 9 mm 1 360 h –
15 Antofagasta Chile 91 /100 24 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 364 h 19 °C
16 Talca Chile 91 /100 27 °C 13 °C 14 mm 1 357 h –
17 Dammam Saudi Arabia 91 /100 25 °C 16 °C 12 mm 2 333 h 20 °C
18 Temuco Chile 90 /100 22 °C 10 °C 54 mm 6 318 h –
19 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 90 /100 26 °C 15 °C 13 mm 2 334 h 20 °C
20 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 90 /100 24 °C 9.6 °C 12 mm 2 337 h –
21 Neuquén Argentina 89 /100 27 °C 15 °C 19 mm 3 338 h –
22 Valparaíso Chile 88 /100 19 °C 15 °C 3 mm 1 362 h 17 °C
23 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 88 /100 26 °C 12 °C 18 mm 3 338 h –
24 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 88 /100 24 °C 8.4 °C 3 mm 0 348 h –
25 Bahía Blanca Argentina 88 /100 25 °C 16 °C 67 mm 6 325 h 21 °C
26 Mar del Plata Argentina 88 /100 23 °C 16 °C 70 mm 8 317 h 20 °C
27 Calama Chile 88 /100 24 °C 7.7 °C 5 mm 1 362 h –
28 La Plata Argentina 88 /100 24 °C 18 °C 88 mm 8 318 h 23 °C
29 Tacna Peru 87 /100 27 °C 18 °C 13 mm 4 345 h –
30 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 87 /100 25 °C 19 °C 21 mm 6 325 h 21 °C
31 Merlo Argentina 87 /100 26 °C 17 °C 90 mm 7 311 h –
32 Montevideo Uruguay 87 /100 23 °C 18 °C 97 mm 8 311 h 22 °C
33 Río Cuarto Argentina 86 /100 25 °C 16 °C 91 mm 9 304 h –
34 Avellaneda Argentina 86 /100 25 °C 18 °C 92 mm 7 314 h 23 °C
35 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 86 /100 26 °C 12 °C 15 mm 2 340 h –
36 Buenos Aires Argentina 85 /100 25 °C 18 °C 100 mm 8 316 h 23 °C
37 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 85 /100 27 °C 12 °C 13 mm 2 338 h –
38 San Luis Argentina 85 /100 26 °C 17 °C 83 mm 10 320 h –
39 Arica Chile 85 /100 27 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 358 h 22 °C
40 Rosario Argentina 84 /100 27 °C 18 °C 125 mm 8 311 h –
41 La Rioja Argentina 84 /100 26 °C 18 °C 78 mm 9 304 h –
42 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 84 /100 27 °C 14 °C 12 mm 2 345 h –
43 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 83 /100 28 °C 14 °C 13 mm 2 339 h –
44 Los Teques Venezuela 83 /100 27 °C 18 °C 37 mm 7 335 h –
45 Paraná Argentina 83 /100 27 °C 18 °C 130 mm 8 312 h –
46 Iquique Chile 83 /100 27 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 365 h 21 °C
47 Chincha Alta Peru 82 /100 26 °C 21 °C 12 mm 3 331 h 21 °C
48 Córdoba Argentina 82 /100 26 °C 16 °C 121 mm 12 304 h –
49 Santa Fe Argentina 82 /100 27 °C 19 °C 137 mm 8 311 h –
50 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 81 /100 29 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 347 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

  1. Khamis Mushait 97 /100
  2. Ta’if 96 /100
  3. Abha 95 /100
  4. Coquimbo 94 /100
  5. Viña del Mar 94 /100

Full ranking for February

April: top 5

  1. Quilicura 98 /100
  2. Santiago 97 /100
  3. Maipú 97 /100
  4. Puente Alto 96 /100
  5. Neuquén 95 /100

Full ranking for April

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 South 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

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.