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Scottsdale in March

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Scottsdale is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 44°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 Scottsdale is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 7°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
73°F23°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 12% of days
Daylight
11h 55mon average

Is March a good time to visit Scottsdale?

Yes. March is one of Scottsdale's best months (March to April, or 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 73°F in March, against 64°F to 104°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in March, against 18°C to 40°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

12% of days in March, against 1% to 15% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in March, against 17% to 40% 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. February67°19°low 40°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. March73°23°low 44°low 7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April82°28°low 51°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Scottsdale sits, in March

America/Phoenix
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:40 AMsets 6:35 PM
Above the sea
780 mupland
Latitude
33.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Morristown55 km north-west

The land around Scottsdale, 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 Scottsdale

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Scottsdale. 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 (780 m) against the climate model's (607 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 (780 m) against the climate model's (607 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.