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San Pedro de Atacama in March

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in San Pedro de Atacama is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 38 minutes from the first week to the last.March in San Pedro de Atacama is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 38 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 12% of days
Daylight
12h 15mon average

Is March a good time to visit San Pedro de Atacama?

Yes. March is one of San Pedro de Atacama's best months (December to March).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 78°F in March, against 68°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in March, against 20°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

12% of days in March, against 0% to 24% through the year.

Cloud cover

36% cover in March, against 17% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

12h 15m in March, against 10h 45m to 13h 31m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February78°26°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March78°26°low 51°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April76°24°low 44°low 7°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where San Pedro de Atacama sits, in March

America/Santiago
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:35 AMsets 7:50 PM
Above the sea
2,440 mhigh country
Latitude
22.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Paiguano824 km south

The land around San Pedro de Atacama, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Chile in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in San Pedro de Atacama

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest San Pedro de Atacama. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.