Where to go in March

271 destinations genuinely in season, warmest first: typical daytime highs, budget level and the full travel window for each. Tap one for photos and details, or let the quiz pick for your whole group.

• Madurai India 37°C / 99°F $ Oct–Mar
• Agra India 36°C / 96°F $ Oct–Mar
• Rajasthan India 36°C / 96°F $ Nov–Mar
• San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico 36°C / 97°F $ Oct–Apr
• Udaipur India 36°C / 96°F $$ Oct–Mar
• Varanasi India 36°C / 97°F $ Oct–Mar
• Bissau & the Bijagós Archipelago Guinea-Bissau 35°C / 95°F $ Dec–May
• Hyderabad India 35°C / 95°F $ Oct–Mar
• Merida Mexico 35°C / 95°F $ Nov–Mar
• Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 34°C / 94°F $$$ Nov–Mar
• Aswan & Nubia Egypt 34°C / 93°F $ Oct–Apr
• Delhi & the Golden Triangle India 34°C / 93°F $ Oct–Mar
• Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 34°C / 93°F $ Dec–Apr
• Jeddah & the Red Sea coast Saudi Arabia 34°C / 93°F $$ Nov–Mar
• Krabi & Bangkok Thailand 34°C / 93°F $ Nov–Mar
• Muscat & the Wahiba Sands Oman 34°C / 94°F $$ Oct–Mar
• Nicaragua's volcanoes and colonial towns Nicaragua 34°C / 92°F $ Nov–Apr
• Bengaluru & Mysore India 33°C / 91°F $ Oct–Mar
• Copán & western Honduras Honduras 33°C / 91°F $ Nov–Apr
• Dakar & the Petite Côte Senegal 33°C / 92°F $ Nov–Apr
• El Salvador's Pacific coast El Salvador 33°C / 91°F $ Nov–Apr
• Kerala's backwaters India 33°C / 91°F $ Oct–Mar
• Kuwait City Kuwait 33°C / 92°F $$$ Nov–Mar
• Riyadh Saudi Arabia 33°C / 91°F $$$ Nov–Mar
• AlUla Saudi Arabia 32°C / 90°F $$$ Oct–Mar
• Amritsar India 32°C / 90°F $ Nov–Mar
• Banjul & the Gambian coast Gambia 32°C / 89°F $ Nov–Apr
• Cartagena Colombia 32°C / 89°F $ Dec–Mar
• Cartagena & the coffee region Colombia 32°C / 89°F $ Dec–Mar
• Doha Qatar 32°C / 90°F $$$ Nov–Mar
• Dubai & the desert United Arab Emirates 32°C / 90°F $$$ Nov–Mar
• Guadalajara Mexico 32°C / 89°F $ Oct–Apr
• Jaffna Sri Lanka 32°C / 89°F $ Jan–Sep
• Ningaloo Reef Australia 32°C / 90°F $$ Mar–Jul
• Havana & the Cuban coast Cuba 31°C / 87°F $ Dec–Apr
• Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 31°C / 87°F $ Any month, driest Jun–Aug
• Langkawi Malaysia 31°C / 87°F $$ Nov–Mar
• Lome Togo 31°C / 87°F $ Nov–Mar
• Panama City & the canal Panama 31°C / 88°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Pattaya & Rayong Thailand 31°C / 88°F $ Nov–Mar
• Phuket Thailand 31°C / 88°F $ Nov–Apr
• The Andaman Islands India 31°C / 88°F $$ Nov–Apr
• Trinidad Cuba 31°C / 87°F $ Nov–Apr
• Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 31°C / 87°F $$ Jan–May
• Vinales Cuba 31°C / 87°F $ Nov–Apr
• Accra & the Cape Coast Ghana 30°C / 87°F $ Nov–Mar
• Aqaba & the Jordanian Red Sea Jordan 30°C / 86°F $$ Oct–Apr
• Aruba Aruba 30°C / 85°F $$$ Any month
• Bahrain Bahrain 30°C / 86°F $$ Nov–Mar
• Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei 30°C / 86°F $$$ Feb–Apr
• Cebu & the Visayas Philippines 30°C / 86°F $ Dec–May
• Conakry & the Fouta Djallon Guinea 30°C / 86°F $ Nov–Mar
• Cotonou Benin 30°C / 86°F $ Nov–Mar
• Curaçao Curaçao 30°C / 86°F $$ Any month
• Darjeeling India 30°C / 86°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Diani Beach & the Kenyan coast Kenya 30°C / 86°F $$ Dec–Mar
• Douala & Mount Cameroon Cameroon 30°C / 86°F $ Nov–Mar
• Freetown & the Sierra Leone coast Sierra Leone 30°C / 86°F $ Nov–Apr
• Galle Sri Lanka 30°C / 87°F $ Dec–Mar
• Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 30°C / 85°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Lamu Kenya 30°C / 85°F $ Jul–Oct, Dec–Mar
• Monrovia & the Liberian coast Liberia 30°C / 86°F $ Nov–Apr
• Nha Trang Vietnam 30°C / 87°F $ Feb–Aug
• Palawan Philippines 30°C / 85°F $ Nov–May
• Penang Malaysia 30°C / 85°F $ Jan–Mar
• Phoenix & the Sonoran Desert United States 30°C / 85°F $$ Nov–Apr
• Raja Ampat Indonesia 30°C / 85°F $$$ Oct–Apr
• Rishikesh India 30°C / 85°F $ Sep–Nov, Feb–Apr
• Sabah — Borneo's rainforest Malaysia 30°C / 86°F $ Mar–Oct
• Sedona United States 30°C / 85°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Singapore & Malaysia Singapore 30°C / 86°F $$ Any month
• Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 30°C / 87°F $ Dec–Mar
• Suriname Suriname 30°C / 86°F $ Feb–Apr, Aug–Nov
• Tegucigalpa Honduras 30°C / 86°F $ Nov–Apr
• The Marquesas Islands French Polynesia 30°C / 85°F $$$ Any month
• Antigua & Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 29°C / 83°F $$$ Dec–Apr
• Barbados Barbados 29°C / 83°F $$$ Dec–Apr
• Belize Belize 29°C / 83°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Bonaire Bonaire 29°C / 84°F $$ Any month
• Bora Bora & Moorea French Polynesia 29°C / 84°F $$$ Any month
• Cabo San Lucas Mexico 29°C / 85°F $$$ Nov–Apr
• Costa Rica Costa Rica 29°C / 84°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Da Lat Vietnam 29°C / 83°F $ Dec–Mar
• Da Nang & Hoi An Vietnam 29°C / 85°F $ Feb–Jul
• Grenada Grenada 29°C / 83°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Guam Guam 29°C / 85°F $$ Dec–Jun
• Guayaquil & the Ecuadorian coast Ecuador 29°C / 85°F $ Dec–Apr
• Guyana Guyana 29°C / 85°F $ Feb–Apr, Aug–Nov
• Hanoi Vietnam 29°C / 83°F $ Oct–Dec, Mar–Apr
• Hoi An Vietnam 29°C / 85°F $ Feb–Apr, Aug–Oct
• Jamaica Jamaica 29°C / 84°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Martinique Martinique 29°C / 85°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Miami & South Beach United States 29°C / 84°F $$ Nov–Apr
• Nauru Nauru 29°C / 83°F $$ Any month
• Palau Palau 29°C / 84°F $$$ Nov–Apr
• Pohnpei Micronesia 29°C / 83°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Recife & Fernando de Noronha Brazil 29°C / 84°F $$ Sep–Mar
• Rio & Iguaçu Brazil 29°C / 84°F $$ Dec–Mar
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29°C / 84°F $$$ Dec–Apr
• Saipan Northern Mariana Islands 29°C / 85°F $$ Dec–Jun
• San Juan & the Puerto Rican coast Puerto Rico 29°C / 84°F $$ Dec–May
• St Lucia Saint Lucia 29°C / 84°F $$$ Dec–Apr
• The Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 29°C / 85°F $$$ Dec–Apr
• The Maldives Maldives 29°C / 84°F $$$ Nov–Apr
• Tulum Mexico 29°C / 85°F $$$ Nov–Apr
• Victoria Falls Zambia 29°C / 83°F $$ Aug–Nov, or Feb–May for full flow
• Vietnam Vietnam 29°C / 83°F $ Mar–Apr, Sep–Nov
• Yucatán & the Riviera Maya Mexico 29°C / 85°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Bocas del Toro Panama 28°C / 82°F $$ Feb–Apr
• Chuuk Lagoon Micronesia 28°C / 83°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Dominica Dominica 28°C / 82°F $$ Dec–Jun
• Marrakech & the Atlas Morocco 28°C / 82°F $ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Mexico City & Oaxaca Mexico 28°C / 82°F $ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Mexico's Copper Canyon Mexico 28°C / 83°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Oct
• Palm Springs United States 28°C / 83°F $$ Nov–Apr
• Palm Springs & Joshua Tree United States 28°C / 83°F $$ Oct–Apr
• Punta Cana Dominican Republic 28°C / 82°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Punta Cana & Samaná Dominican Republic 28°C / 82°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 28°C / 82°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Salvador & the Bahia coast Brazil 28°C / 83°F $ Dec–Mar
• Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 28°C / 83°F $ Dec–Apr
• Sharm El Sheikh & the Red Sea Egypt 28°C / 83°F $$ Oct–Apr
• Siwa Oasis Egypt 28°C / 83°F $ Oct–Mar
• Tampa United States 28°C / 83°F $$ Nov–Apr
• The Galápagos Ecuador 28°C / 83°F $$$ Any month
• The Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 28°C / 82°F $$ Dec–Apr
• The Nile & the Red Sea Egypt 28°C / 83°F $$ Oct–Apr
• Yap Micronesia 28°C / 83°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Antigua & Tikal Guatemala 27°C / 80°F $ Nov–Apr
• Antigua Guatemala Guatemala 27°C / 80°F $ Nov–Apr
• Guangzhou China 27°C / 81°F $ Oct–Nov, Mar–Apr
• Hawai‘i — Big Island & Maui United States 27°C / 80°F $$$ Any month
• Heron Island Australia 27°C / 80°F $$$ Oct–Mar
• Lake Atitlan Guatemala 27°C / 80°F $ Nov–Apr
• Puebla Mexico 27°C / 80°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Puerto Vallarta Mexico 27°C / 81°F $$ Nov–Apr
• Roatán & the Bay Islands Honduras 27°C / 81°F $$ Dec–Apr
• San Antonio & the River Walk United States 27°C / 80°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Shenzhen China 27°C / 80°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• The Exumas Bahamas 27°C / 81°F $$$ Dec–Apr
• The US Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands 27°C / 80°F $$$ Dec–Apr
• Austin United States 26°C / 79°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Austin & the Hill Country United States 26°C / 79°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Big Bend National Park United States 26°C / 79°F $ Oct–Apr
• Death Valley United States 26°C / 79°F $$ Nov–Mar
• Honolulu & Waikiki United States 26°C / 79°F $$$ Nov–Apr
• Houston United States 26°C / 78°F $$ Nov–Apr
• Las Vegas United States 26°C / 79°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Providenciales & Grace Bay Turks and Caicos 26°C / 80°F $$$ Dec–Apr
• The Big Island of Hawai‘i United States 26°C / 78°F $$$ Nov–Apr
• The British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 26°C / 79°F $$$ Dec–Apr
• The Florida Keys United States 26°C / 79°F $$ Dec–Apr
• Alexandria Egypt 25°C / 77°F $ Oct–Apr
• Asmara Eritrea 25°C / 78°F $ Dec–Mar
• Baton Rouge United States 25°C / 78°F $ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Brisbane Australia 25°C / 76°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Cape Verde Cape Verde 25°C / 78°F $$ Nov–Jun
• Charleston & the Lowcountry United States 25°C / 76°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Florianópolis Brazil 25°C / 77°F $$ Dec–Mar
• Jerusalem Israel 25°C / 76°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Lima & the Peruvian coast Peru 25°C / 76°F $ Dec–Apr
• Macau Macau 25°C / 78°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Manali India 25°C / 77°F $ Mar–Jun
• Margaret River Australia 25°C / 77°F $$ Sep–Nov, Mar–May
• New Orleans United States 25°C / 78°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Perth & Margaret River Australia 25°C / 77°F $$ Nov–Mar
• Pokhara Nepal 25°C / 78°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Rottnest Island Australia 25°C / 77°F $$ Sep–Mar
• Savannah & the Georgia coast United States 25°C / 77°F $ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Seville Spain 25°C / 77°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Shiraz Iran 25°C / 77°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Tel Aviv & Jerusalem Israel 25°C / 76°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• The Drakensberg South Africa 25°C / 77°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• The Sunshine Coast Australia 25°C / 77°F $$ Sep–Apr
• Byron Bay & the Gold Coast Australia 24°C / 76°F $$ Sep–Apr
• Dallas United States 24°C / 76°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Isfahan Iran 24°C / 75°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Lalibela & the Ethiopian Highlands Ethiopia 24°C / 75°F $ Oct–Mar
• Nepal — the Himalaya Nepal 24°C / 75°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Santiago & the Chilean wine valleys Chile 24°C / 76°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Taipei Taiwan 24°C / 76°F $$ Oct–Dec, Feb–Apr
• Taipei & the Taiwanese coast Taiwan 24°C / 76°F $ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Valparaiso Chile 24°C / 76°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Xiamen China 24°C / 75°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Cape Town & the Garden Route South Africa 23°C / 74°F $$ Dec–Mar
• Chengdu & the panda sanctuary China 23°C / 73°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Esperance Australia 23°C / 73°F $$ Oct–Mar
• Gran Canaria Spain 23°C / 73°F $$ Nov–Apr
• Lanzarote Spain 23°C / 74°F $$ Nov–Apr
• Petra & Wadi Rum Jordan 23°C / 74°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Stellenbosch South Africa 23°C / 74°F $$ Sep–Apr
• The Atacama Desert Chile 23°C / 73°F $$ Sep–Nov, Mar–May
• The Hunter Valley Australia 23°C / 73°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Xi'an & the Terracotta Army China 23°C / 73°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Atlanta United States 22°C / 72°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Oct
• Buenos Aires & Mendoza Argentina 22°C / 72°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Chongqing China 22°C / 72°F $ Oct–Nov, Mar–Apr
• Easter Island Chile 22°C / 72°F $$$ Nov–Mar
• Iquique Chile 22°C / 71°F $$ Nov–Mar
• Johannesburg South Africa 22°C / 71°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Lijiang China 22°C / 72°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Lord Howe Island Australia 22°C / 72°F $$$ Sep–May
• Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 22°C / 71°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Sydney & the NSW coast Australia 22°C / 72°F $$$ Dec–Mar
• Tenerife Spain 22°C / 71°F $$ Any month
• Wuhan China 22°C / 72°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Adelaide & Kangaroo Island Australia 21°C / 70°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Hangzhou China 21°C / 71°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Kangaroo Island Australia 21°C / 70°F $$ Oct–Nov, Mar–Apr
• Medellin Colombia 21°C / 70°F $ Year-round
• Montevideo Uruguay 21°C / 70°F $$ Nov–Mar
• Montevideo & Punta del Este Uruguay 21°C / 70°F $$ Dec–Mar
• Suzhou China 21°C / 69°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Jeonju South Korea 20°C / 67°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Lesotho Lesotho 20°C / 69°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Madeira Portugal 20°C / 67°F $$ Any month
• Melbourne & the Great Ocean Road Australia 20°C / 67°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• New Zealand — North Island New Zealand 20°C / 68°F $$$ Dec–Mar
• Phillip Island Australia 20°C / 67°F $$ Sep–Nov, Mar–May
• The Great Ocean Road Australia 20°C / 67°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Canberra Australia 19°C / 65°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Fukuoka Japan 19°C / 65°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Gyeongju South Korea 19°C / 66°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• La Serena Chile 19°C / 67°F $$ Nov–Apr
• Los Angeles United States 19°C / 65°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• San Diego & La Jolla United States 19°C / 66°F $$ Mar–Oct
• Shanghai China 19°C / 66°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• The Dolomites Italy 19°C / 65°F $$ Jul–Sep, or Jan–Mar
• Tokyo & Kyoto Japan 19°C / 66°F $$ Mar–Apr, Oct–Nov
• Washington DC United States 19°C / 66°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Oct
• Bogotá & the Colombian Andes Colombia 18°C / 65°F $ Dec–Mar, Jul–Aug
• Christchurch & Canterbury New Zealand 18°C / 64°F $$ Nov–Mar
• Kyoto Japan 18°C / 65°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Nagoya Japan 18°C / 64°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Nelson & the Abel Tasman New Zealand 18°C / 64°F $$ Dec–Mar
• Osaka & the Kansai region Japan 18°C / 65°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Pucon Chile 18°C / 64°F $$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Aug for ski
• Rotorua New Zealand 18°C / 64°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Andorra & the Pyrenees Andorra 17°C / 63°F $$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Sep
• Bhutan Bhutan 17°C / 63°F $$$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Dunedin & the Otago Peninsula New Zealand 17°C / 62°F $ Nov–Mar
• Franz Josef Glacier New Zealand 17°C / 62°F $$$ Nov–Mar
• Sun Valley United States 17°C / 62°F $$$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Sep
• Tasmania Australia 17°C / 63°F $$$ Dec–Mar
• Telluride United States 17°C / 62°F $$$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Sep
• Wellington New Zealand 17°C / 62°F $$ Dec–Mar
• Lake Tahoe United States 16°C / 61°F $$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Sep
• Sofia & the Rila Mountains Bulgaria 16°C / 61°F $ Jun–Sep, or Dec–Mar
• The Salar de Uyuni Bolivia 16°C / 60°F $ Dec–Apr, for the mirror
• Denver & the Front Range United States 15°C / 60°F $$ Jun–Sep, or Dec–Mar
• Innsbruck Austria 15°C / 59°F $$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Aug
• New Zealand — South Island New Zealand 15°C / 60°F $$$ Dec–Mar, or Jul for snow
• Park City & the Wasatch United States 15°C / 60°F $$$ Dec–Mar
• The Chatham Islands New Zealand 15°C / 59°F $$$ Dec–Mar
• Puerto Montt & the Chilean Lake District Chile 14°C / 58°F $$ Dec–Mar
• Zermatt & the Bernese Oberland Switzerland 14°C / 57°F $$$ Jun–Sep, or Dec–Mar
• Stowe & the Green Mountains United States 12°C / 53°F $$ Sep–Oct, or Dec–Mar
• Whistler & the Sea to Sky Canada 12°C / 54°F $$$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Sep
• The High Tatras Slovakia 11°C / 52°F $ Jul–Sep, or Jan–Mar
• Banff & the Canadian Rockies Canada 10°C / 50°F $$$ Jun–Sep, or Jan–Mar
• Calgary Canada 10°C / 50°F $$ Jun–Aug, or Dec–Mar
• Puerto Natales Chile 10°C / 50°F $$$ Nov–Mar
• The Falkland Islands Falkland Islands 10°C / 50°F $$$ Oct–Mar
• Aspen & the Colorado Rockies United States 9°C / 49°F $$$ Jun–Sep, or Dec–Mar
• Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra United States 9°C / 49°F $$ Dec–Apr, or Jun–Sep
• Ushuaia — the end of the world Argentina 8°C / 47°F $$$ Nov–Mar
• The Yukon & the northern lights Canada 5°C / 41°F $$ Sep–Mar
• The Lofoten Islands Norway 4°C / 39°F $$$ Jun–Aug, or Jan–Mar for aurora
• Swedish Lapland Sweden 2°C / 35°F $$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Aug
• Svalbard Norway -6°C / 20°F $$$ Feb–Apr, or Jun–Aug
• Iqaluit & Baffin Island Canada -8°C / 18°F $$$ Jul–Aug, or Feb–Mar