Calama climate

Calama Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 25°C on March 1 to 24°C on March 31, and lows from 10°C to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Calama, in °C, with the record for each date.0102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
9°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
30°CMar 16, 2016
Reanalysis low
2°CMar 30, 2014
Daylight
12 h 32 min to 11 h 53 min
Cloud cover
31%
Humidity
32%
Dew point
-3°C
Wind
13.7 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 125°C10°C29°C 20167°C 20184%
Mar 225°C10°C29°C 20047°C 20084%
Mar 325°C10°C29°C 20047°C 20084%
Mar 425°C10°C28°C 20047°C 20145%
Mar 525°C10°C29°C 20106°C 20085%
Mar 625°C10°C29°C 20045°C 20084%
Mar 725°C10°C29°C 19986°C 20084%
Mar 825°C10°C29°C 19985°C 20084%
Mar 925°C10°C29°C 20156°C 19924%
Mar 1025°C10°C29°C 20157°C 20114%
Mar 1125°C10°C29°C 19975°C 20113%
Mar 1225°C10°C28°C 20156°C 20113%
Mar 1325°C10°C29°C 19937°C 19963%
Mar 1425°C9°C28°C 19937°C 20143%
Mar 1525°C9°C29°C 20167°C 20053%
Mar 1625°C9°C30°C 20167°C 20003%
Mar 1725°C9°C29°C 20166°C 20003%
Mar 1825°C9°C29°C 20167°C 19983%
Mar 1925°C9°C28°C 20106°C 20133%
Mar 2024°C9°C29°C 20104°C 20133%
Mar 2124°C9°C28°C 20165°C 20133%
Mar 2224°C9°C29°C 20167°C 19973%
Mar 2324°C9°C28°C 19986°C 20133%
Mar 2424°C9°C28°C 19985°C 20133%
Mar 2524°C9°C29°C 19985°C 20133%
Mar 2624°C9°C27°C 19984°C 20013%
Mar 2724°C8°C27°C 19984°C 20152%
Mar 2824°C8°C26°C 19983°C 20152%
Mar 2924°C8°C26°C 20194°C 20152%
Mar 3024°C8°C27°C 20102°C 20142%
Mar 3124°C8°C27°C 20203°C 20142%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Calama, in percent.0123451102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 7:32 AM, sunset 8:04 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:43 AM, sunset 7:36 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.