Cafayate climate

Cafayate Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Cafayate, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 18°C on March 1 to 17°C on March 31, and lows from 5°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 121 mm over about 16 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Cafayate, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
121 mm
Reanalysis high
25°CMar 1, 2013
Reanalysis low
-5°CMar 17, 2019
Daylight
12 h 36 min to 11 h 50 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
71%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
11.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 118°C5°C25°C 2013-1°C 201849%
Mar 218°C5°C22°C 1995-1°C 201449%
Mar 318°C5°C22°C 1995-2°C 201449%
Mar 418°C5°C23°C 1998-1°C 201449%
Mar 518°C5°C22°C 20060°C 199648%
Mar 618°C5°C23°C 20050°C 199648%
Mar 718°C5°C23°C 2006-2°C 200849%
Mar 818°C5°C24°C 2017-4°C 200850%
Mar 918°C5°C23°C 1998-1°C 199450%
Mar 1018°C5°C22°C 20180°C 201949%
Mar 1118°C4°C23°C 20171°C 201949%
Mar 1218°C4°C23°C 2018-2°C 201349%
Mar 1318°C4°C21°C 1991-2°C 201349%
Mar 1418°C4°C23°C 2018-2°C 201148%
Mar 1518°C4°C23°C 2002-1°C 201347%
Mar 1617°C4°C23°C 2009-2°C 201446%
Mar 1717°C4°C24°C 2016-5°C 201945%
Mar 1817°C4°C21°C 20120°C 199845%
Mar 1917°C4°C21°C 2010-1°C 201445%
Mar 2017°C3°C23°C 1992-3°C 201345%
Mar 2117°C3°C23°C 20100°C 201944%
Mar 2217°C3°C22°C 2018-3°C 199743%
Mar 2317°C3°C23°C 2000-3°C 199542%
Mar 2417°C3°C21°C 1994-2°C 201642%
Mar 2517°C3°C21°C 2011-4°C 201643%
Mar 2617°C3°C23°C 1998-5°C 199642%
Mar 2717°C3°C20°C 1998-2°C 201542%
Mar 2817°C3°C22°C 2002-3°C 199541%
Mar 2917°C2°C20°C 2002-3°C 199640%
Mar 3017°C2°C22°C 1995-3°C 200240%
Mar 3117°C2°C21°C 2019-3°C 200140%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cafayate, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

March 1
sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 7:54 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 7:23 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.