Where is hot in March
Where is hot in March within a short flight: Marrakech (24 °C), Tenerife (23 °C) and Lanzarote (23 °C). Beyond that, the Red Sea and the tropics.
March, averages 1991 to 2020
22 of 62 places match
| Place | High | Sea | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok | 35 °C | inland | 3 |
| Phuket | 34 °C | 29 °C | 7 |
| Goa | 33 °C | 29 °C | 0 |
| Maldives | 32 °C | 29 °C | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 32 °C | 29 °C | 8 |
| Koh Samui | 31 °C | 29 °C | 4 |
| Bali | 31 °C | 29 °C | n/a |
| Jamaica | 31 °C | 27 °C | 5 |
Typical month, not a forecast. "n/a": the station has no usable rain record for that month, so it never counts as a pass. How the figures are made.
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March is the month when British holidaymakers start asking where is hot without a long-haul flight, and the honest answer is: not many places yet. The Mediterranean is still in its late winter, with daytime highs of 18 °C in Majorca and 17 °C in Crete, and its sea at its coldest of the year, 16 °C off Heraklion. The Canary Islands hold up better, at 23 °C in the south of Tenerife and 23 °C in Lanzarote, with little rain. Further south and east, Hurghada on the Red Sea reaches 26 °C and Dubai 29 °C, before the heat there becomes heavy in late spring. For real heat and warm water, the list is long haul: Bangkok (35 °C), Phuket (34 °C), Goa (33 °C) and Sri Lanka (32 °C). Set a minimum sea temperature in the finder to see how quickly the short-haul choices drop away.
Where is hot in March: all 62 places
| Place | Country | Daytime high | Night low | Sea | Wet days | From London |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok | Thailand | 35 °C | 26 °C | inland | 3 days | 9,560 km |
| Phuket | Thailand | 34 °C | 24 °C | 29 °C | 7 days | 9,930 km |
| Goa | India | 33 °C | 23 °C | 29 °C | 0 days | 7,580 km |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 32 °C | 25 °C | 29 °C | 8 days | 8,740 km |
| Maldives | Maldives | 32 °C | no usable record | 29 °C | 3 days | 8,540 km |
| Seychelles | Seychelles | 31 °C | 25 °C | 29 °C | 13 days | 8,180 km |
| Bali | Indonesia | 31 °C | 25 °C | 29 °C | no usable record | 12,520 km |
| Jamaica | Jamaica | 31 °C | 22 °C | 27 °C | 5 days | 7,550 km |
| Cancun | Mexico | 31 °C | 21 °C | 26 °C | 4 days | 7,940 km |
| Koh Samui | Thailand | 31 °C | 25 °C | 29 °C | 4 days | 9,900 km |
| Barbados | Barbados | 30 °C | 23 °C | 27 °C | no usable record | 6,760 km |
| Punta Cana | Dominican Republic | 30 °C | 21 °C | 26 °C | no usable record | 6,880 km |
| Mauritius | Mauritius | 30 °C | 23 °C | 28 °C | 17 days | 9,780 km |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 29 °C | 18 °C | 23 °C | 1 day | 5,500 km |
| Cuba | Cuba | 29 °C | 19 °C | 26 °C | no usable record | 7,470 km |
| Miami | United States | 27 °C | 19 °C | 25 °C | 5 days | 7,110 km |
| Cape Town | South Africa | 27 °C | 15 °C | 18 °C | no usable record | 9,680 km |
| Hurghada | Egypt | 26 °C | 15 °C | 22 °C | 0 days | 3,930 km |
| Orlando | United States | 26 °C | 14 °C | inland | 5 days | 6,970 km |
| Cape Verde | Cape Verde | 26 °C | 19 °C | 22 °C | no usable record | 4,340 km |
| Sydney | Australia | 26 °C | 18 °C | 23 °C | 10 days | 17,020 km |
| Marrakech | Morocco | 24 °C | no usable record | inland | 5 days | 2,290 km |
| Tenerife | Spain | 23 °C | 15 °C | 19 °C | 1 day | 2,940 km |
| Lanzarote | Spain | 23 °C | 15 °C | 18 °C | 2 days | 2,730 km |
| Gran Canaria | Spain | 22 °C | 16 °C | 19 °C | 2 days | 2,920 km |
| Fuerteventura | Spain | 22 °C | 16 °C | 18 °C | 2 days | 2,800 km |
| Las Vegas | United States | 22 °C | 10 °C | inland | 2 days | 8,400 km |
| Seville | Spain | 22 °C | 10 °C | inland | 6 days | 1,630 km |
| Los Angeles | United States | 21 °C | 12 °C | 15 °C | 4 days | 8,750 km |
| Larnaca and Ayia Napa | Cyprus | 20 °C | 9 °C | 17 °C | 4 days | 3,270 km |
| Malaga and the Costa del Sol | Spain | 20 °C | 10 °C | 15 °C | 5 days | 1,670 km |
| Benidorm | Spain | 20 °C | 9 °C | 15 °C | 4 days | 1,440 km |
| Madeira | Portugal | 20 °C | 14 °C | 18 °C | no usable record | 2,480 km |
| Tunisia | Tunisia | 20 °C | 10 °C | 15 °C | 6 days | 1,840 km |
| Algarve | Portugal | 19 °C | no usable record | 16 °C | 4 days | 1,710 km |
| Sicily | Italy | 19 °C | 6 °C | 15 °C | 6 days | 1,980 km |
| Lisbon | Portugal | 19 °C | 11 °C | 15 °C | 7 days | 1,570 km |
| Antalya | Turkey | 19 °C | 8 °C | 17 °C | 6 days | 2,930 km |
| Ibiza | Spain | 18 °C | 10 °C | 15 °C | 4 days | 1,400 km |
| Majorca | Spain | 18 °C | 10 °C | 14 °C | 5 days | 1,350 km |
| Sardinia | Italy | 18 °C | 7 °C | 14 °C | 6 days | 1,550 km |
| Malta | Malta | 18 °C | no usable record | 15 °C | 7 days | 2,100 km |
| Costa Brava | Spain | 17 °C | 4 °C | 13 °C | 5 days | 1,090 km |
| Crete | Greece | 17 °C | 10 °C | 16 °C | 6 days | 2,710 km |
| Porto | Portugal | 17 °C | 9 °C | 14 °C | 9 days | 1,310 km |
| Rhodes | Greece | 17 °C | 12 °C | 17 °C | no usable record | 2,810 km |
| Corfu | Greece | 17 °C | 8 °C | 15 °C | 8 days | 2,050 km |
| Athens | Greece | 17 °C | 9 °C | 15 °C | 4 days | 2,410 km |
| Barcelona | Spain | 16 °C | 8 °C | 13 °C | 4 days | 1,140 km |
| Naples and the Amalfi Coast | Italy | 16 °C | 5 °C | 14 °C | 7 days | 1,630 km |
| Menorca | Spain | 16 °C | 9 °C | 14 °C | 5 days | 1,340 km |
| Rome | Italy | 16 °C | 6 °C | inland | 7 days | 1,450 km |
| Nice and the French Riviera | France | 15 °C | 8 °C | 14 °C | 5 days | 1,040 km |
| Dubrovnik | Croatia | 15 °C | 9 °C | 14 °C | 8 days | 1,710 km |
| Venice | Italy | 15 °C | 5 °C | 10 °C | 6 days | 1,160 km |
| Lake Garda | Italy | 15 °C | 4 °C | inland | 5 days | 1,050 km |
| Split | Croatia | 15 °C | 9 °C | 14 °C | 7 days | 1,540 km |
| Paris | France | 13 °C | 5 °C | inland | 8 days | 350 km |
| Istanbul | Turkey | 11 °C | 5 °C | 9 °C | no usable record | 2,520 km |
| New York | United States | 10 °C | 2 °C | 5 °C | 9 days | 5,540 km |
| Reykjavik | Iceland | 4 °C | -1 °C | 5 °C | 16 days | 1,880 km |
| Lapland | Finland | -1 °C | -13 °C | inland | 8 days | 2,220 km |
Short haul in March: the Canaries or nothing
Inside 3,500 km of London, 6 places average 22 °C or more by day in March. Most of them are Atlantic islands; the exception is Marrakech, inland, at 24 °C. The islands are not at their warmest, but they are the only short-haul places where a day by the pool is a reasonable bet, with 2 days of rain in Fuerteventura and 1 day in Tenerife. The trade wind keeps the afternoons fresh, and the sea there sits at 19 °C.
Southern Spain and the Algarve are pleasant for walking at 20 °C in Malaga, but a March week there is a city or golf holiday, not a beach one. Cyprus gets close, 20 °C in Larnaca, with cooler nights than the Canaries.
Further away: heat that holds
The Red Sea resorts are a strong choice before the heat sets in: 26 °C by day in Hurghada with a sea of 22 °C. In the Caribbean, March sits in the dry season: compare two places side by side. For the following month, see where is hot in April; for the one before, February.