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The driest places in North America in March: ranked by rainfall

La Paz tops the list at 1.1 mm in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in March: La Paz (1.1 mm) , Cabo San Lucas (1.2 mm) , Los Mochis (1.9 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 13 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 La Paz Mexico 1.1 mm 27 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 343 h 21 °C
2 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 1.2 mm 26 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 344 h 22 °C
3 Los Mochis Mexico 1.9 mm 29 °C 15 °C 2 mm 0 341 h 20 °C
4 Managua Nicaragua 2.0 mm 35 °C 24 °C 2 mm 1 366 h –
5 Mazatlán Mexico 3.0 mm 27 °C 17 °C 3 mm 0 351 h 22 °C
6 Culiacán Mexico 3.1 mm 31 °C 14 °C 3 mm 1 343 h –
7 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 4.4 mm 31 °C 22 °C 4 mm 0 362 h 28 °C
8 Cuautla Mexico 4.5 mm 30 °C 15 °C 4 mm 1 356 h –
9 Jiutepec Mexico 4.8 mm 29 °C 13 °C 5 mm 1 357 h –
10 Manzanillo Mexico 5.5 mm 29 °C 20 °C 6 mm 0 362 h 25 °C
11 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 6.5 mm 30 °C 13 °C 6 mm 1 342 h –
12 Zapopan Mexico 6.6 mm 29 °C 13 °C 7 mm 1 361 h –
13 Tonalá Mexico 6.7 mm 28 °C 13 °C 7 mm 1 361 h –
14 Santa Ana El Salvador 6.8 mm 32 °C 20 °C 7 mm 2 364 h –
15 Torreón Mexico 6.9 mm 29 °C 14 °C 7 mm 1 350 h –
16 Chihuahua Mexico 6.9 mm 25 °C 8.5 °C 7 mm 1 347 h –
17 Aguascalientes Mexico 7.4 mm 26 °C 10 °C 7 mm 1 358 h –
18 Mexicali Mexico 7.7 mm 28 °C 13 °C 8 mm 1 352 h –
19 Hermosillo Mexico 7.9 mm 29 °C 12 °C 8 mm 1 344 h –
20 Cuauhtémoc Mexico 8.0 mm 20 °C 4.3 °C 8 mm 2 346 h –
21 Guadalupe Mexico 8.2 mm 23 °C 7.7 °C 8 mm 2 356 h –
22 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 8.2 mm 30 °C 21 °C 8 mm 0 364 h 27 °C
23 Coacalco Mexico 8.4 mm 24 °C 8.0 °C 8 mm 3 349 h –
24 León de los Aldama Mexico 8.4 mm 27 °C 12 °C 8 mm 1 360 h –
25 San Miguel El Salvador 8.5 mm 36 °C 24 °C 8 mm 2 368 h –
26 Mixco Guatemala 8.5 mm 26 °C 13 °C 8 mm 2 357 h –
27 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 8.5 mm 27 °C 12 °C 9 mm 1 352 h –
28 Ojo de Agua Mexico 8.6 mm 25 °C 8.6 °C 9 mm 3 348 h –
29 Guatemala City Guatemala 8.8 mm 27 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 357 h –
30 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 9.5 mm 23 °C 6.9 °C 9 mm 2 344 h –
31 Victoria de Durango Mexico 9.5 mm 25 °C 6.8 °C 10 mm 1 356 h –
32 Soyapango El Salvador 9.6 mm 31 °C 21 °C 10 mm 3 364 h –
33 Celaya Mexico 9.6 mm 28 °C 11 °C 10 mm 2 356 h –
34 Irapuato Mexico 9.7 mm 29 °C 12 °C 10 mm 1 358 h –
35 Comitán Mexico 9.8 mm 26 °C 14 °C 10 mm 2 353 h –
36 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 10.0 mm 25 °C 9.1 °C 10 mm 3 349 h –
37 Santiago de Querétaro Mexico 10 mm 28 °C 11 °C 10 mm 2 355 h –
38 Salamanca Mexico 10 mm 29 °C 12 °C 10 mm 2 358 h –
39 San Salvador El Salvador 10 mm 32 °C 21 °C 10 mm 3 364 h –
40 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 10 mm 29 °C 18 °C 10 mm 1 356 h 24 °C
41 Gustavo Adolfo Madero Mexico 10 mm 24 °C 8.1 °C 10 mm 3 349 h –
42 Tuxtla Mexico 10 mm 32 °C 20 °C 10 mm 2 349 h –
43 Campeche Mexico 11 mm 33 °C 22 °C 11 mm 3 353 h 26 °C
44 Tepic Mexico 11 mm 28 °C 14 °C 11 mm 2 355 h –
45 Cuernavaca Mexico 12 mm 28 °C 12 °C 12 mm 2 355 h –
46 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 12 mm 27 °C 11 °C 12 mm 2 354 h –
47 Zamora de Hidalgo Mexico 13 mm 29 °C 12 °C 13 mm 2 361 h –
48 Jalapa Guatemala 14 mm 27 °C 15 °C 14 mm 3 352 h –
49 Panama City Panama 14 mm 31 °C 24 °C 14 mm 4 341 h 25 °C
50 San Miguelito Panama 14 mm 31 °C 24 °C 14 mm 4 341 h 25 °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. San Miguel 1.5 mm
  2. Santa Ana 1.6 mm
  3. Managua 1.8 mm
  4. Soyapango 2.3 mm
  5. San Salvador 2.7 mm

Full ranking for February

April: top 5

  1. La Paz 0.3 mm
  2. Cabo San Lucas 0.4 mm
  3. Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas 0.5 mm
  4. Manzanillo 0.5 mm
  5. Mazatlán 0.6 mm

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in March, lowest 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 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.