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Torres del Paine in March

Cool and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Torres del Paine is cool: highs near 54°F, lows near 38°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 51 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Torres del Paine is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 51 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
54°F12°Caverage
Low
38°F3°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 66% of days
Daylight
12h 34mon average

Is March a good time to visit Torres del Paine?

Yes. March is one of Torres del Paine's mildest 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 54°F in March, against 35°F to 58°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in March, against 2°C to 14°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

66% of days in March, against 57% to 71% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in March, against 60% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

12h 34m in March, against 8h 00m to 16h 27m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February58°14°low 41°low 5°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. March54°12°low 38°low 3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. April48°9°low 34°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Torres del Paine sits, in March

America/Punta Arenas
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:43 AMsets 8:18 PM
Above the sea
480 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Puerto Natales91 km south

The land around Torres del Paine, 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 Torres del Paine

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Torres del Paine. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (480 m) against the climate model's (330 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (480 m) against the climate model's (330 m). 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.