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

2 destinations share the top spot at 97 /100 in March, listed by fewest wet days, starting with San Cristóbal de las Casas. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in March: San Cristóbal de las Casas (97 /100) , Abha (97 /100) , Agadir (97 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 3.7 /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 Abha Saudi Arabia 97 /100 21 °C 13 °C 32 mm 7 342 h –
3 Agadir Morocco 97 /100 23 °C 13 °C 38 mm 4 347 h 17 °C
4 Sanaa Yemen 97 /100 24 °C 12 °C 20 mm 5 354 h –
5 Baqubah Iraq 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 31 mm 4 332 h –
6 Peñalolén Chile 96 /100 25 °C 14 °C 15 mm 2 359 h –
7 Dhamār Yemen 96 /100 23 °C 10 °C 27 mm 5 356 h –
8 Suez Egypt 95 /100 24 °C 12 °C 5 mm 1 349 h –
9 Al Miqdādīyah Iraq 95 /100 23 °C 11 °C 43 mm 5 328 h –
10 Ait Melloul Morocco 95 /100 23 °C 13 °C 32 mm 4 348 h 17 °C
11 Saltillo Mexico 95 /100 24 °C 9.8 °C 24 mm 5 344 h –
12 Xico Mexico 95 /100 25 °C 10 °C 20 mm 4 349 h –
13 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 95 /100 23 °C 11 °C 8 mm 1 341 h –
14 Ramadi Iraq 95 /100 23 °C 11 °C 18 mm 3 332 h –
15 Canberra Australia 95 /100 23 °C 12 °C 38 mm 5 323 h –
16 Coquimbo Chile 94 /100 23 °C 16 °C 4 mm 0 347 h 17 °C
17 Puente Alto Chile 94 /100 26 °C 14 °C 15 mm 2 359 h –
18 Geelong Australia 94 /100 22 °C 14 °C 25 mm 4 307 h 19 °C
19 Az Zāwīyah Libya 94 /100 21 °C 11 °C 19 mm 4 329 h 16 °C
20 Sāmarrā’ Iraq 94 /100 23 °C 9.9 °C 28 mm 4 330 h –
21 Damanhur Egypt 94 /100 23 °C 10 °C 8 mm 1 342 h –
22 Bushehr Iran 94 /100 22 °C 16 °C 25 mm 3 326 h 20 °C
23 Lincang China 94 /100 25 °C 12 °C 33 mm 6 331 h –
24 Zagazig Egypt 94 /100 24 °C 10 °C 6 mm 1 338 h –
25 Al Mansurah Egypt 94 /100 24 °C 10 °C 7 mm 2 341 h –
26 Damietta Egypt 94 /100 20 °C 13 °C 10 mm 2 344 h 17 °C
27 Ooty India 94 /100 22 °C 12 °C 47 mm 8 362 h –
28 Idkū Egypt 94 /100 21 °C 12 °C 12 mm 2 342 h 17 °C
29 Henderson United States 94 /100 22 °C 9.5 °C 16 mm 3 342 h –
30 Iztapalapa Mexico 94 /100 24 °C 9.4 °C 20 mm 5 349 h –
31 Al Fayyum Egypt 94 /100 25 °C 11 °C 3 mm 0 350 h –
32 Cairo Egypt 94 /100 24 °C 11 °C 4 mm 1 346 h –
33 Viña del Mar Chile 94 /100 23 °C 14 °C 3 mm 1 362 h 17 °C
34 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 94 /100 21 °C 13 °C 10 mm 2 345 h 17 °C
35 Melbourne Australia 94 /100 23 °C 14 °C 35 mm 5 314 h 20 °C
36 Karbala Iraq 94 /100 24 °C 12 °C 13 mm 2 337 h –
37 Biskra Algeria 94 /100 22 °C 9.7 °C 16 mm 2 335 h –
38 Baghdad Iraq 94 /100 24 °C 12 °C 22 mm 3 334 h –
39 Bayjī Iraq 94 /100 22 °C 9.4 °C 34 mm 5 326 h –
40 Alexandria Egypt 94 /100 20 °C 12 °C 11 mm 2 343 h 17 °C
41 Dezful Iran 94 /100 23 °C 10 °C 109 mm 7 321 h –
42 Rancagua Chile 93 /100 26 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 359 h –
43 Hurghada Egypt 93 /100 24 °C 16 °C 2 mm 0 358 h 22 °C
44 Port Said Egypt 93 /100 21 °C 13 °C 8 mm 2 344 h 17 °C
45 Concepción Chile 93 /100 22 °C 12 °C 20 mm 3 352 h 14 °C
46 Jalālābād Afghanistan 93 /100 20 °C 11 °C 50 mm 8 301 h –
47 Longling County China 93 /100 22 °C 11 °C 59 mm 8 332 h –
48 Chuxiong China 93 /100 23 °C 10.0 °C 24 mm 5 325 h –
49 Tripoli Libya 93 /100 20 °C 12 °C 20 mm 4 331 h 16 °C
50 Khān Yūnis Palestinian Territory 93 /100 21 °C 11 °C 20 mm 4 342 h 18 °C

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. Jaigaon 98 /100
  2. Pu'er 98 /100
  3. Ning’er 98 /100
  4. Bandar Abbas 97 /100
  5. Santa Catarina 97 /100

Full ranking for February

April: top 5

  1. Quilicura 98 /100
  2. Limassol 98 /100
  3. Shiraz 97 /100
  4. Wādī as Sīr 97 /100
  5. Ashdod 97 /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 the world 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.