Where to go in March

154 cities where March is one of the best months to travel. 108 of them need no visa. Temperature and rainfall are climate normals; prices are median nightly rates for a 2–3 star room and a hostel bed.

Found: 154

City	Daytime	Rainfall	Room 2–3★	Hostel	Visa
Axum Ethiopia	28 °C	8 mm	$20	—	Visa-free
Aqaba Jordan	27 °C	5 mm	$62	—	Visa-free
Balkh Afghanistan	20 °C	29 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Eilat Israel	27 °C	5 mm	$622	$207	Visa-free
Mehriz Iran	21 °C	7 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Manama Bahrain	24 °C	3 mm	$96	—	Visa-free
Doha Qatar	28 °C	4 mm	$91	—	Visa-free
Pokhara Nepal	27 °C	27 mm	$30	$10	Visa-free
Merzouga Morocco	24 °C	11 mm	$80	—	Visa-free
Kuwait City Kuwait	25 °C	4 mm	$111	—	Visa-free
Adelaide Australia	26 °C	25 mm	$98	—	Visa-free
Cape Town South Africa	21 °C	17 mm	$146	$26	Visa-free
Perth Australia	26 °C	20 mm	$130	$31	Visa-free
Havana Cuba	29 °C	23 mm	$76	—	Visa needed
Baghdad Iraq	24 °C	31 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Lahore Pakistan	30 °C	33 mm	$54	—	Visa-free
Da Lat Vietnam	23 °C	23 mm	$30 837	—	Visa needed
Tel Aviv Israel	22 °C	37 mm	$235	$75	Visa-free
Shush Iran	26 °C	28 mm	$47	—	Visa needed
Lalibela Ethiopia	24 °C	29 mm	$30	$22	Visa-free
Marrakech Morocco	24 °C	40 mm	$55	$21	Visa-free
Cairo Egypt	25 °C	7 mm	$49	$24	Visa-free
Alexandria Egypt	22 °C	9 mm	$95	—	Visa-free
Da Nang Vietnam	27 °C	39 mm	$34	$14	Visa needed
Oaxaca Mexico	29 °C	13 mm	$49	—	Visa-free
Shushtar Iran	26 °C	30 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Riyadh Saudi Arabia	29 °C	3 mm	$92	$32	Visa-free
Dubai United Arab Emirates	27 °C	16 mm	$85	—	Visa-free
Wadi Rum Jordan	21 °C	4 mm	$54	—	Visa-free
Kathmandu Nepal	24 °C	21 mm	$33	$12	Visa-free
Jaipur India	32 °C	10 mm	$30	$4	Visa needed
San Cristóbal de las Casas Mexico	28 °C	19 mm	$71	—	Visa-free
Douz Tunisia	23 °C	11 mm	$84	—	Visa-free
Muscat Oman	30 °C	21 mm	$65	—	Visa-free
Aswan Egypt	31 °C	0 mm	$75	—	Visa-free
Panajachel Guatemala	25 °C	18 mm	$96	—	Visa-free
Qom Iran	21 °C	32 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Luxor Egypt	29 °C	0 mm	$51	$15	Visa-free
Karachi Pakistan	30 °C	3 mm	$27	—	Visa-free
Yazd Iran	22 °C	7 mm	$157	$56	Visa needed
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates	26 °C	13 mm	$143	$77	Visa-free
Gondar Ethiopia	30 °C	18 mm	$38	—	Visa-free
Bahir Dar Ethiopia	31 °C	30 mm	$58	—	Visa-free
Stellenbosch South Africa	25 °C	25 mm	$184	$157	Visa-free
Dakar Senegal	22 °C	3 mm	$187	—	Visa-free
Mazar-i-Sharif Afghanistan	21 °C	30 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Punakha Bhutan	23 °C	32 mm	$53	—	Visa needed
Kunming China	21 °C	15 mm	$59	$50	Visa needed
AlUla Saudi Arabia	28 °C	3 mm	$79	—	Visa-free
Mexico City Mexico	25 °C	15 mm	$105	—	Visa-free
Mendoza Argentina	29 °C	37 mm	$88	—	Visa-free
San José Costa Rica	27 °C	29 mm	$107	—	Visa-free
Jerusalem Israel	20 °C	37 mm	$250	$98	Visa-free
Antigua Guatemala Guatemala	27 °C	12 mm	$169	—	Visa-free
Guadalajara Mexico	29 °C	7 mm	$67	—	Visa-free
Qeshm Iran	27 °C	25 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Monteverde Costa Rica	27 °C	10 mm	$210	—	Visa-free
Kashan Iran	21 °C	25 mm	$26	—	Visa needed
Scarborough Trinidad and Tobago	27 °C	37 mm	$169	—	Visa-free
Delhi India	32 °C	18 mm	$30	$15	Visa needed
Byblos Lebanon	20 °C	43 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Leshan China	20 °C	45 mm	$44	—	Visa needed
Beirut Lebanon	20 °C	43 mm	$97	—	Visa-free
Melbourne Australia	23 °C	46 mm	$170	$48	Visa-free
Hue Vietnam	28 °C	40 mm	$51	$8	Visa needed
Chengdu China	20 °C	33 mm	$62	—	Visa needed
Hanoi Vietnam	27 °C	49 mm	$34	$13	Visa needed
Ninh Binh Vietnam	25 °C	48 mm	$70	—	Visa needed
Nizwa Oman	33 °C	23 mm	$99	—	Visa-free
Ha Long Vietnam	24 °C	50 mm	$49	—	Visa needed
Erbil Iraq	20 °C	50 mm	$85	—	Visa-free
Hoi An Vietnam	28 °C	39 mm	$44	$20	Visa needed
Valencia Spain	20 °C	40 mm	$199	$62	Visa-free
Sapa Vietnam	25 °C	53 mm	$29	$14	Visa needed
Trinidad Cuba	30 °C	17 mm	$60	—	Visa needed
Shiraz Iran	20 °C	41 mm	$81	—	Visa needed
Kerman Iran	20 °C	19 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Addis Ababa Ethiopia	25 °C	56 mm	$59	$30	Visa-free
Petra Jordan	20 °C	19 mm	$60	$20	Visa-free
Lumbini Nepal	33 °C	18 mm	$42	—	Visa-free
Ashgabat Turkmenistan	20 °C	38 mm	$50	—	Visa needed
Dali China	20 °C	19 mm	$94	$35	Visa needed
Christchurch New Zealand	21 °C	61 mm	$115	—	Visa-free
Tulum Mexico	29 °C	41 mm	$74	—	Visa-free
Seville Spain	20 °C	58 mm	$253	$51	Visa-free
Salalah Oman	31 °C	33 mm	$54	—	Visa-free
Herat Afghanistan	20 °C	43 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Nanning China	25 °C	63 mm	$49	$24	Visa needed
Boquete Panama	24 °C	64 mm	$133	—	Visa-free
Bariloche Argentina	19 °C	33 mm	$115	$84	Visa-free
Chongqing China	20 °C	54 mm	$52	—	Visa needed
Cox's Bazar Bangladesh	28 °C	65 mm	$48	—	Visa-free
Shenzhen China	23 °C	69 mm	$79	$53	Visa needed
Saint-Louis Senegal	33 °C	38 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Auckland New Zealand	22 °C	72 mm	$112	—	Visa-free
Hong Kong Гонконг	23 °C	72 mm	$104	$18	Visa-free
Samana Dominican Republic	30 °C	32 mm	$99	—	Visa-free
Kunduz Afghanistan	19 °C	37 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Mary Turkmenistan	19 °C	31 mm	$173	$91	Visa needed
Oran Algeria	20 °C	64 mm	$69	—	Visa needed
Sur Oman	32 °C	14 mm	$128	—	Visa-free
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic	30 °C	22 mm	$77	—	Visa-free
Rotorua New Zealand	21 °C	80 mm	$165	—	Visa-free
Jeddah Saudi Arabia	33 °C	1 mm	$77	—	Visa-free
Valparaíso Chile	19 °C	4 mm	$103	$43	Visa-free
Kaiping China	25 °C	87 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Islamabad Pakistan	25 °C	88 mm	$93	$28	Visa-free
Algiers Algeria	19 °C	69 mm	$69	—	Visa needed
Agra India	34 °C	11 mm	$28	—	Visa needed
Amman Jordan	19 °C	32 mm	$82	$33	Visa-free
Victoria Falls Zimbabwe	30 °C	92 mm	$220	$150	Visa-free
Livingstone Zambia	30 °C	92 mm	$126	$50	Visa-free
Marvdasht Iran	19 °C	47 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Kokand Uzbekistan	18 °C	26 mm	$60	—	Visa needed
Lusaka Zambia	27 °C	94 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
La Fortuna Costa Rica	30 °C	26 mm	$133	—	Visa-free
Guangzhou China	26 °C	96 mm	$52	$11	Visa needed
Antalya Turkey	19 °C	69 mm	$93	$50	Visa-free
Adana Turkey	19 °C	68 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Fez Morocco	20 °C	94 mm	$56	$19	Visa-free
Chittagong Bangladesh	31 °C	41 mm	$58	—	Visa-free
Ella Sri Lanka	26 °C	102 mm	$54	$29	Visa-free
Bocas del Toro Panama	28 °C	82 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
New Orleans United States	21 °C	105 mm	$112	—	—
Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago	30 °C	52 mm	$179	—	Visa-free
San Fernando Trinidad and Tobago	30 °C	52 mm	$78	—	Visa-free
Kasane Botswana	30 °C	100 mm	$139	$64	Visa-free
Évora Portugal	18 °C	62 mm	$112	—	Visa-free
Uyuni Bolivia	18 °C	50 mm	$60	—	Visa-free
Pamukkale Turkey	18 °C	52 mm	$67	—	Visa-free
Wellington New Zealand	18 °C	58 mm	$107	—	Visa-free
El Nido Philippines	29 °C	27 mm	$46	$22	Visa-free
Isfahan Iran	18 °C	28 mm	$71	$53	Visa needed
Maafushi Maldives	28 °C	50 mm	$128	$75	Visa-free
Male Maldives	28 °C	50 mm	$165	$76	Visa-free
Fethiye Turkey	18 °C	69 mm	$162	—	Visa-free
Turpan China	17 °C	3 mm	$33	—	Visa needed
Bukhara Uzbekistan	17 °C	27 mm	$46	$22	Visa needed
Maun Botswana	32 °C	80 mm	$143	$80	Visa-free
Montevideo Uruguay	24 °C	118 mm	$96	—	Visa-free
Buenos Aires Argentina	25 °C	123 mm	$103	—	Visa-free
Colonia del Sacramento Uruguay	25 °C	123 mm	$114	—	Visa-free
Queenstown New Zealand	18 °C	95 mm	$216	$33	Visa-free
Panama City Panama	31 °C	18 mm	$113	—	Visa-free
Cebu Philippines	29 °C	83 mm	$30	$19	Visa-free
Cartagena Colombia	30 °C	10 mm	$85	—	Visa-free
Medellín Colombia	24 °C	155 mm	$76	$20	Visa-free
Koh Samui Thailand	29 °C	114 mm	$108	$20	Visa-free
Bohol Philippines	29 °C	113 mm	$34	$16	Visa-free
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei	28 °C	155 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
Manila Philippines	31 °C	119 mm	$32	—	Visa-free
Santa Marta Colombia	33 °C	7 mm	$95	$16	Visa-free
Kota Kinabalu Malaysia	30 °C	123 mm	$47	$21	Visa-free
Puerto Natales Chile	12 °C	110 mm	$126	—	Visa-free

Where the numbers come from

Temperature and rainfall are monthly climate normals from NASA POWER and NOAA weather stations, averaged over many years. They are not a forecast for a given date: a single year deviates from the norm, but the order of magnitude holds.

Prices are median nightly rates blended from several booking sources, flights excluded. "Room 2–3★" is a double room in a mid-range hotel or guesthouse, priced per room. "Hostel" is a bed in a shared dorm, priced per person, and is known for about half the cities.

Which column to read depends on who is travelling. Solo, a hostel bed is cheaper. For two, a room usually wins: split in half it costs about the same as two dorm beds, but comes with a door and a bathroom. For three or four, the room wins outright.

Visa status is shown for a US passport and applies to the country, not the city. Check the rules on the country page before you travel: they change far more often than the climate.

Frequently asked

Where can I go visa-free in March?

108 of the 154 cities listed are in countries that need no visa. The visa-free filter leaves exactly those in the table, and the daytime column shows which of them are warm this month.

Where is it warm in March?

The daytime column is the average daily high for the month, and warmest-first sorts by it. Watch the rainfall too: in the tropics a warm month can coincide with the wet season, and the rainfall normal will be several times higher.

How much does a night cost in March?

The table carries two prices: a double room in a 2–3 star hotel or guesthouse per room, and a dorm bed per person. Solo travellers usually do better in a hostel; for two, the room split in half costs about the same as two beds but comes with a private bathroom. Flights are not included.

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