The warmest places in North America in March: ranked by average high temperature
San Miguel tops the list at 36 °C in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.
Top three in March: San Miguel (36 °C) , Managua (35 °C) , Campeche (33 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 7.3 °C.
| # | Destination | Country | Avg high | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Sunshine | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Miguel | El Salvador | 36 °C | 36 °C | 24 °C | 8 mm | 2 | 368 h | – |
| 2 | Managua | Nicaragua | 35 °C | 35 °C | 24 °C | 2 mm | 1 | 366 h | – |
| 3 | Campeche | Mexico | 33 °C | 33 °C | 22 °C | 11 mm | 3 | 353 h | 26 °C |
| 4 | Mérida | Mexico | 33 °C | 33 °C | 21 °C | 14 mm | 3 | 348 h | – |
| 5 | Tuxtla | Mexico | 32 °C | 32 °C | 20 °C | 10 mm | 2 | 349 h | – |
| 6 | Santa Ana | El Salvador | 32 °C | 32 °C | 20 °C | 7 mm | 2 | 364 h | – |
| 7 | Dessalines | Haiti | 32 °C | 32 °C | 21 °C | 24 mm | 5 | 363 h | – |
| 8 | San Salvador | El Salvador | 32 °C | 32 °C | 21 °C | 10 mm | 3 | 364 h | – |
| 9 | Escuintla | Guatemala | 32 °C | 32 °C | 20 °C | 28 mm | 8 | 359 h | – |
| 10 | Villahermosa | Mexico | 32 °C | 32 °C | 22 °C | 34 mm | 6 | 325 h | – |
| 11 | Tapachula | Mexico | 31 °C | 31 °C | 21 °C | 43 mm | 10 | 354 h | – |
| 12 | Soyapango | El Salvador | 31 °C | 31 °C | 21 °C | 10 mm | 3 | 364 h | – |
| 13 | San Miguelito | Panama | 31 °C | 31 °C | 24 °C | 14 mm | 4 | 341 h | 25 °C |
| 14 | Acapulco de Juárez | Mexico | 31 °C | 31 °C | 22 °C | 4 mm | 0 | 362 h | 28 °C |
| 15 | Bayamo | Cuba | 31 °C | 31 °C | 20 °C | 38 mm | 7 | 348 h | – |
| 16 | Port-au-Prince | Haiti | 31 °C | 31 °C | 22 °C | 94 mm | 14 | 362 h | 28 °C |
| 17 | Tuxtepec | Mexico | 31 °C | 31 °C | 21 °C | 55 mm | 8 | 305 h | – |
| 18 | Culiacán | Mexico | 31 °C | 31 °C | 14 °C | 3 mm | 1 | 343 h | – |
| 19 | Ciudad del Carmen | Mexico | 31 °C | 31 °C | 24 °C | 20 mm | 4 | 345 h | 26 °C |
| 20 | Carrefour | Haiti | 31 °C | 31 °C | 22 °C | 70 mm | 11 | 364 h | 28 °C |
| 21 | Chilpancingo | Mexico | 31 °C | 31 °C | 16 °C | 17 mm | 3 | 360 h | – |
| 22 | Panama City | Panama | 31 °C | 31 °C | 24 °C | 14 mm | 4 | 341 h | 25 °C |
| 23 | Cuautla | Mexico | 30 °C | 30 °C | 15 °C | 4 mm | 1 | 356 h | – |
| 24 | Guantánamo | Cuba | 30 °C | 30 °C | 21 °C | 33 mm | 6 | 357 h | – |
| 25 | Saint-Marc | Haiti | 30 °C | 30 °C | 23 °C | 22 mm | 6 | 365 h | 27 °C |
| 26 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | 30 °C | 30 °C | 18 °C | 17 mm | 3 | 363 h | – |
| 27 | Danlí | Honduras | 30 °C | 30 °C | 18 °C | 14 mm | 3 | 348 h | – |
| 28 | Las Tunas | Cuba | 30 °C | 30 °C | 21 °C | 23 mm | 6 | 342 h | – |
| 29 | Camagüey | Cuba | 30 °C | 30 °C | 20 °C | 25 mm | 5 | 340 h | – |
| 30 | Belmopan | Belize | 30 °C | 30 °C | 21 °C | 40 mm | 9 | 342 h | – |
| 31 | Ciudad Obregón | Mexico | 30 °C | 30 °C | 13 °C | 6 mm | 1 | 342 h | – |
| 32 | Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas | Mexico | 30 °C | 30 °C | 21 °C | 8 mm | 0 | 364 h | 27 °C |
| 33 | San Pedro Sula | Honduras | 30 °C | 30 °C | 21 °C | 81 mm | 10 | 340 h | – |
| 34 | Chetumal | Mexico | 30 °C | 30 °C | 23 °C | 27 mm | 6 | 355 h | 27 °C |
| 35 | Jiutepec | Mexico | 29 °C | 29 °C | 13 °C | 5 mm | 1 | 357 h | – |
| 36 | La Romana | Dominican Republic | 29 °C | 29 °C | 22 °C | 25 mm | 6 | 355 h | 27 °C |
| 37 | Santiago de Cuba | Cuba | 29 °C | 29 °C | 21 °C | 29 mm | 6 | 356 h | 27 °C |
| 38 | Veracruz | Mexico | 29 °C | 29 °C | 21 °C | 20 mm | 4 | 318 h | 24 °C |
| 39 | Holguín | Cuba | 29 °C | 29 °C | 21 °C | 36 mm | 8 | 347 h | – |
| 40 | Zamora de Hidalgo | Mexico | 29 °C | 29 °C | 12 °C | 13 mm | 2 | 361 h | – |
| 41 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 29 °C | 29 °C | 22 °C | 41 mm | 9 | 346 h | 26 °C |
| 42 | Coatzacoalcos | Mexico | 29 °C | 29 °C | 22 °C | 24 mm | 5 | 321 h | 25 °C |
| 43 | Puerto Vallarta | Mexico | 29 °C | 29 °C | 18 °C | 10 mm | 1 | 356 h | 24 °C |
| 44 | Santiago de los Caballeros | Dominican Republic | 29 °C | 29 °C | 19 °C | 52 mm | 9 | 346 h | – |
| 45 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 29 °C | 29 °C | 13 °C | 7 mm | 1 | 361 h | – |
| 46 | Torreón | Mexico | 29 °C | 29 °C | 14 °C | 7 mm | 1 | 350 h | – |
| 47 | Cienfuegos | Cuba | 29 °C | 29 °C | 21 °C | 22 mm | 4 | 338 h | – |
| 48 | Carolina | Puerto Rico | 29 °C | 29 °C | 22 °C | 55 mm | 14 | 345 h | 26 °C |
| 49 | Port-de-Paix | Haiti | 29 °C | 29 °C | 23 °C | 44 mm | 10 | 362 h | 26 °C |
| 50 | Hermosillo | Mexico | 29 °C | 29 °C | 12 °C | 8 mm | 1 | 344 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
- Nuuk -11 °C
- Winnipeg -8.3 °C
- Saskatoon -6.9 °C
- Regina -5.7 °C
- Greater Sudbury -5.3 °C
April: top 5
- Nuuk -2.4 °C
- Saint-Pierre 2.4 °C
- Anchorage 5.1 °C
- Halifax 7.4 °C
- Québec 8.4 °C
How this ranking is built
- What is ranked
- The average daily high temperature, in °C, 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 population.
- 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
- 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.