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Rancho Palos Verdes in March

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Rancho Palos Verdes is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour from the first week to the last.March in Rancho Palos Verdes is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour from the first week to the last.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 17% of days
Daylight
11h 55mon average

Is March a good time to visit Rancho Palos Verdes?

A good month, just outside Rancho Palos Verdes's best months, which run in two parts: April to July, or October to November.

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 69°F in March, against 68°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in March, against 20°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

17% of days in March, against 1% to 19% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in March, against 11% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

11h 55m in March, against 9h 57m to 14h 21m 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. February68°20°low 48°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. March69°21°low 50°low 10°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April72°22°low 52°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Rancho Palos Verdes sits, in March

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:06 AMsets 7:01 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Los Angeles36 km north

The land around Rancho Palos Verdes, 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 United States in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Rancho Palos Verdes

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km north-east of Rancho Palos Verdes. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.