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Where is the weather good in March?

March brings the first spring warmth to North Africa and the Middle East, while India, the Gulf and the Caribbean are still dry and sunny.

The best places for sunny, dry and pleasantly warm weather in March are Santiago de Chile, Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh, Dakar and Cairo. Of the 20 best destinations this month, 9 are in North Africa & Middle East and 7 in Mexico, Central America & Caribbean.

World map of good-weather regions in mid-March: green is sunny, dry and pleasantly warm — Good-weather score in mid-March: green = sunny, dry and 22–30 °C, grey = too cold, too hot or too wet.

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Top 20 destinations for good weather in March

Averages for March across 2023–2025. Daily high = typical afternoon temperature, rainy days = days with at least 2 mm of rain.

#	Destination	Daily high	Rainy days	Cloud	Score
1	Santiago de Chile Chile	28 °C	0 of 31	8%	9.7
2	Hurghada Egypt	24 °C	0 of 31	13%	9.6
3	Sharm El Sheikh Egypt	25 °C	0 of 31	13%	9.5
4	Dakar Senegal	27 °C	0 of 31	28%	9.0
5	Cairo Egypt	26 °C	1 of 31	26%	8.9
6	Perth Australia	28 °C	1 of 31	22%	8.9
7	Los Cabos Mexico	25 °C	0 of 31	35%	8.8
8	Muscat Oman	27 °C	1 of 31	25%	8.8
9	Cape Verde	22 °C	0 of 31	34%	8.8
10	Doha Qatar	26 °C	0 of 31	34%	8.7
11	Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates	28 °C	1 of 31	30%	8.7
12	Djerba Tunisia	22 °C	1 of 31	26%	8.7
13	Dubai United Arab Emirates	27 °C	1 of 31	31%	8.6
14	Aruba	27 °C	0 of 31	40%	8.5
15	Petra Jordan	24 °C	2 of 31	30%	8.3
16	Barbados	27 °C	2 of 31	37%	8.2
17	Havana Cuba	28 °C	3 of 31	30%	8.1
18	Cancún Mexico	29 °C	2 of 31	36%	8.1
19	Oaxaca Mexico	28 °C	3 of 31	35%	8.1
20	Mexico City Mexico	24 °C	4 of 31	28%	8.1

Best pick per region in March

Africa: Dakar, Senegal – 27 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.0
East Asia: Hong Kong, China – 23 °C, 8 rainy days, score 5.8
Europe: Gran Canaria, Spain – 20 °C, 2 rainy days, score 7.6
Mexico, Central America & Caribbean: Los Cabos, Mexico – 25 °C, 0 rainy days, score 8.8
North Africa & Middle East: Hurghada, Egypt – 24 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.6
North America: Orlando, United States – 26 °C, 4 rainy days, score 7.2
Oceania & Pacific: Perth, Australia – 28 °C, 1 rainy days, score 8.9
South America: Santiago de Chile, Chile – 28 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.7
South Asia: Delhi, India – 29 °C, 3 rainy days, score 7.9
Southeast Asia: Luang Prabang, Laos – 32 °C, 1 rainy days, score 7.7

Warm, but rainy season in March

These destinations are warm in March, but it rains often – check the details before you book.

#	Destination	Daily high	Rainy days	Cloud	Score
1	Fiji	29 °C	27 of 31	87%	0.6
2	Bali Indonesia	28 °C	27 of 31	81%	0.7
3	Medellín Colombia	25 °C	27 of 31	87%	0.5
4	Lombok Indonesia	30 °C	26 of 31	80%	0.8
5	Manaus (Amazon) Brazil	30 °C	24 of 31	88%	0.7
6	Darwin Australia	31 °C	23 of 31	78%	1.3
7	Kuala Lumpur Malaysia	31 °C	21 of 31	83%	1.7
8	Borneo (Kota Kinabalu) Malaysia	29 °C	21 of 31	80%	1.8
9	Singapore	29 °C	20 of 31	79%	2.2
10	Galápagos Ecuador	28 °C	19 of 31	61%	2.9

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How this works

The values come from the ERA5 climate reanalysis of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, averaged over 2023–2025 on a 0.5° grid (about 50 km). Model data describe a whole grid cell, so coasts, mountains and cities can differ from local conditions; for coastal places a mostly-sea cell is averaged with the neighbouring land cell. More about the data and the score.