The driest places in North America in March

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

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 La Paz Mexico 1.1 mm 27 °C 1 mm
2 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 1.2 mm 26 °C 1 mm
3 Los Mochis Mexico 1.9 mm 29 °C 2 mm
4 Managua Nicaragua 2.0 mm 35 °C 2 mm
5 Mazatlán Mexico 3.0 mm 27 °C 3 mm
6 Culiacán Mexico 3.1 mm 31 °C 3 mm
7 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 4.4 mm 31 °C 4 mm
8 Cuautla Mexico 4.5 mm 30 °C 4 mm
9 Jiutepec Mexico 4.8 mm 29 °C 5 mm
10 Manzanillo Mexico 5.5 mm 29 °C 6 mm
11 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 6.5 mm 30 °C 6 mm
12 Zapopan Mexico 6.6 mm 29 °C 7 mm
13 Tonalá Mexico 6.7 mm 28 °C 7 mm
14 Santa Ana El Salvador 6.8 mm 32 °C 7 mm
15 Torreón Mexico 6.9 mm 29 °C 7 mm
16 Chihuahua Mexico 6.9 mm 25 °C 7 mm
17 Aguascalientes Mexico 7.4 mm 26 °C 7 mm
18 Mexicali Mexico 7.7 mm 28 °C 8 mm
19 Hermosillo Mexico 7.9 mm 29 °C 8 mm
20 Cuauhtémoc Mexico 8.0 mm 20 °C 8 mm
21 Guadalupe Mexico 8.2 mm 23 °C 8 mm
22 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 8.2 mm 30 °C 8 mm
23 Coacalco Mexico 8.4 mm 24 °C 8 mm
24 León de los Aldama Mexico 8.4 mm 27 °C 8 mm
25 San Miguel El Salvador 8.5 mm 36 °C 8 mm
26 Mixco Guatemala 8.5 mm 26 °C 8 mm
27 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 8.5 mm 27 °C 9 mm
28 Ojo de Agua Mexico 8.6 mm 25 °C 9 mm
29 Guatemala City Guatemala 8.8 mm 27 °C 9 mm
30 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 9.5 mm 23 °C 9 mm
31 Victoria de Durango Mexico 9.5 mm 25 °C 10 mm
32 Soyapango El Salvador 9.6 mm 31 °C 10 mm
33 Celaya Mexico 9.6 mm 28 °C 10 mm
34 Irapuato Mexico 9.7 mm 29 °C 10 mm
35 Comitán Mexico 9.8 mm 26 °C 10 mm
36 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 10.0 mm 25 °C 10 mm
37 Santiago de Querétaro Mexico 10 mm 28 °C 10 mm
38 Salamanca Mexico 10 mm 29 °C 10 mm
39 San Salvador El Salvador 10 mm 32 °C 10 mm
40 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 10 mm 29 °C 10 mm
41 Gustavo Adolfo Madero Mexico 10 mm 24 °C 10 mm
42 Tuxtla Mexico 10 mm 32 °C 10 mm
43 Campeche Mexico 11 mm 33 °C 11 mm
44 Tepic Mexico 11 mm 28 °C 11 mm
45 Cuernavaca Mexico 12 mm 28 °C 12 mm
46 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 12 mm 27 °C 12 mm
47 Zamora de Hidalgo Mexico 13 mm 29 °C 13 mm
48 Jalapa Guatemala 14 mm 27 °C 14 mm
49 Panama City Panama 14 mm 31 °C 14 mm
50 San Miguelito Panama 14 mm 31 °C 14 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.

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