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Find places that fit your temperatures, then explore what makes them worth a trip. Based on historical climate, not forecasts.
Explore March worldwide ↗Six matches from 201 curated destinations, with variety among similar scores.
Default weather fit · 6 picks updated · Daytime highs 68°F / 20°C–81°F / 27°C · No overnight minimum
March 1–31 · Historical averages
Egypt
Average highs within your range, with low average rainfall.
Layers of history on foot
Peru
Average highs within your range, with low average rainfall.
Peru’s capital pairs a historic center with a strong food culture.
Namibia
Average highs within your range, with low average rainfall.
A coastal base for exploring Namibia’s Atlantic shore and nearby desert.
Chile
Average highs within your range, with low average rainfall.
Art and cafe stops in Lastarria
Mexico
Average highs within your range, with low average rainfall. Nights are chilly on average.
Guatemala
Average highs within your range, with low average rainfall.
Colonial streets and courtyards
Closest matches among our curated places, even when none fits perfectly. Rainfall is a monthly amount, not a count of rainy days. Open the map to compare exact dates.
Default weather fit out of 100, using preferred daytime highs of 68–81°F (20–27°C), less rainfall, and no overnight minimum. Temperature contributes 65% of the starting score and rainfall 35%; severe mismatches reduce it further. An overnight minimum also reduces scores where nights are too cold. Adjust your preferences above to make the score yours; your preferences follow you to the map.
Estimates cover March 1–31 using 1991–2020 historical climate averages. Exact trip dates can produce different results. High scores do not promise sunshine.
Compare Cairo and Santiago with milder options such as Melbourne and Marrakesh. March rainfall and overnight temperatures help separate otherwise similar scores. These stories stay here as your personalized picks above change. Photos illustrate the destinations, not expected March conditions.
01 · Egypt
Historic Cairo’s streets and monuments give you a different perspective from a single headline attraction. Build in time for its architecture and museums, alongside any plans farther out around Giza.
Why March? March offers cooler daytime averages than September. Average rainfall amounts are similar across the two months.
March averages: 77°F high · 52°F low, with 0.1 inches of rainfall over the month. For comparison, the average high in September is 93°F.
Tradeoff: Low rainfall does not promise sunshine. Cloud, wind and water temperature are outside this score.
See Cairo for your dates ↗
02 · Chile
Explore Lastarria and Bellas Artes for architecture, art and cafe stops. These Santiago neighborhoods make a useful starting point for a city visit before heading elsewhere in Chile.
Why March? March brings warmer daytime averages than September. Typical daily rainfall is lower.
March averages: 73°F high · 55°F low, with 0.4 inches of rainfall over the month. For comparison, the average high in September is 62°F.
Tradeoff: Low rainfall does not promise sunshine. Cloud, wind and water temperature are outside this score.
See Santiago for your dates ↗
03 · Spain
Combine the historic streets of Vegueta with time around Las Canteras. Las Palmas makes it possible to build a Gran Canaria trip around a city as well as the coast.
Why March? March offers cooler daytime averages than September. Typical daily rainfall is higher, so keep some flexibility in outdoor plans.
March averages: 70°F high · 58°F low, with 0.8 inches of rainfall over the month. For comparison, the average high in September is 80°F.
Tradeoff: Low rainfall does not promise sunshine. Cloud, wind and water temperature are outside this score.
See Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for your dates ↗
04 · Australia
Explore Melbourne through its laneways and covered arcades. The Block Arcade and the lanes around Centre Place offer a city experience built from small discoveries, with plenty of reasons to pause.
Why March? March brings warmer daytime averages than September. Typical daily rainfall is lower.
March averages: 75°F high · 54°F low, with 1.4 inches of rainfall over the month. For comparison, the average high in September is 62°F.
Tradeoff: Some rainfall belongs in your plans. Monthly totals do not tell you whether rain falls in short showers or longer spells.
See Melbourne for your dates ↗
05 · Morocco
Jemaa el-Fna is a focal point of the medina. The food stalls and gathering crowds offer a different kind of city experience from a checklist of monuments.
Why March? March offers cooler daytime averages than September. Typical daily rainfall is higher, so keep some flexibility in outdoor plans.
March averages: 73°F high · 49°F low, with 1.5 inches of rainfall over the month. For comparison, the average high in September is 90°F.
Tradeoff: Nights are chilly on average; add an overnight minimum if that would affect your trip. Some rainfall belongs in your plans. Monthly totals do not tell you whether rain falls in short showers or longer spells.
See Marrakesh for your dates ↗
06 · Vietnam
Use Hoan Kiem Lake as a starting point for exploring Hanoi’s Old Quarter. The trading streets, food stops and nearby historic sights offer plenty to build a city visit around.
Why March? March offers cooler daytime averages than September. Typical daily rainfall is lower.
March averages: 76°F high · 67°F low, with 1.9 inches of rainfall over the month. For comparison, the average high in September is 89°F.
Tradeoff: Some rainfall belongs in your plans. Monthly totals do not tell you whether rain falls in short showers or longer spells.
See Hanoi for your dates ↗Prefer cooler days? Need comfortable nights? Open a destination on the map and add places to your comparison. Each link opens the next upcoming March—or the current March if you are reading during that month—with your weather preferences carried over. You can then pick your exact dates.
Find your kind of March ↗The six personalized picks come from 201 curated destinations, using the same weather-fit calculation as our map. Your preferred highs, rainfall amounts and optional overnight minimum shape the results. We include geographic variety among similar scores; these are matches to explore, not a ranking of every place in the world.
The six illustrated stories are editorial starting points chosen to show different March climates and travel experiences. They stay the same when you adjust your preferences. Booking commissions do not affect scores or selections. More about Seasonward and how we make our guides.
Recommendations use the same climate sources as the map: a 0.5° CRU grid (approximately 55 km north–south), with local station data where available. The six inspiration destinations use the CRU grid. Monthly high, low and precipitation values are interpolated to each day, then averaged or totalled across March. The numbers describe typical regional conditions, rather than the weather at a particular hotel or trail.
Mountains, coasts and neighborhoods can differ substantially from their regional estimate. Historical averages are not extremes or predictions. Sunshine, humidity, wind and water temperature are not included. Small score differences should not decide a trip on their own.
Adapted data © Climatic Research Unit (University of East Anglia) and Met Office: CRU TS 4.09, under the Open Government Licence. Reference period: 1991–2020.
Local station sources: NOAA NCEI and GeoSphere Austria (CC BY 4.0).
Destination descriptions draw on tourism boards, heritage organizations and attraction websites. Sources below also cover places that may appear when you adjust your preferences. Photographs illustrate the places, not the conditions to expect for your dates. Each image is linked to its source and license above; resized or cropped versions retain that license.
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