Where to Go in March 2027: 18 Best Places to Travel

For March 2027, go to Tokyo, Kyoto or Washington for the cherry blossom, to Valencia, Seville, Dublin or Jaipur for the month's festivals, and to Tulum, Tamarindo, Luxor or Hoi An for heat. The 18 places below are grouped by the trip you want, each with its March weather, a mid-range daily budget, whether March is its peak season, and its 2027 dates, read off organizer and government sites in October 2026.

• Cherry blossom: first bloom on March 24 in Tokyo and March 26 in Kyoto on average; Washington's festival runs March 20 to April 11.
• Festivals: Las Fallas (March 15 to 19), St. Patrick's (March 13 to 17), Holi (March 23) and Holy Week in Seville (March 21 to 28).
• Warmest: Tamarindo, highs of 34.6 °C (94 °F); driest: Luxor, under 1 mm of rain.
• Easter: Sunday, March 28, 2027, so the Easter holidays fall in March.
• Lowest daily cost: Hoi An at $51 and Mendoza at $55 a person, mid-range.

March 2027 at a glance

Highs are March averages for 2013 to 2022; budgets are Budget Your Trip's mid-range daily costs per person, updated September 2026; the season compares March with an average month in official tourism statistics. How each was built is at the end.

Spring blossoms

Japan's cherry trees open in the last week of March, and Washington's festival starts on March 20. All three blossom cities are cool, with highs near 15.0 °C (59 °F) and cold nights.

Kyoto, Japan

Best for early cherry blossom and cool temple walks

Kyoto's cherry season opens in late March: the Japan Meteorological Agency's average first-bloom date is March 26 and full bloom April 4, by its 1991-2020 normals. Maruyama Park, Kyoto's main blossom-viewing spot, has a weeping cherry lit up at night as its centerpiece, and the Philosopher's Path follows a cherry-lined canal between Ginkaku-ji and Nanzen-ji.

March brings highs of 14.7 °C (58 °F), lows of 5.1 °C (41 °F) and 119 mm (4.7 in) of rain over about 10 wet days. The 7-day Japan itinerary and the best time to visit Japan cover the season.

• Things to do: the torii-lined trails up the mountain behind Fushimi Inari-taisha, about 2 hours to the top; the Togetsukyō bridge in Arashiyama, known for its cherry blossom views; the wooden stage of Kiyomizu-dera, a 13 m drop to the slope below.
• Season: shoulder. Kyoto prefecture's guest-nights in March 2025 were 1.00 times the average month; April and May are the peak (Japan Tourism Agency).
• Daily budget: about $110 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: timing. First bloom fell anywhere from March 16 to March 29 between 2021 and 2026, so an early-March trip sees bare trees.
• Eat: yudofu, simmered tofu said to come from around Nanzen-ji; sabazushi, pressed mackerel sushi; obanzai, Kyoto home cooking.

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Evening hanami under the cherry trees in Maruyama Park, Kyoto (April 2014)

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Tokyo, Japan

Best for late-March blossom and a big-city break

Tokyo's whole bloom usually falls in March: the average first-bloom date is March 24 and full bloom March 31, four days ahead of Kyoto, per JMA. So a late-March trip that starts in Tokyo and ends in Kyoto follows the blossom. Ueno Park, Japan's most visited city park, and Sumida Park, with about 700 trees along the river, are the classic spots.

March brings highs of 15.3 °C (60 °F), lows of 6.1 °C (43 °F) and 112 mm (4.4 in) of rain. The 3-day Tokyo itinerary and the Japan guide cover the city.

• Things to do: Sensō-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo's oldest temple; the roughly 1,500 cherry trees of Shinjuku Gyoen, whose weeping cherries bloom from late March; the observation decks of the Tokyo Skytree, at 350 m and 450 m.
• Season: shoulder. Tokyo's guest-nights are flat across the year; March 2025 was 1.01 times the average month (Japan Tourism Agency).
• Daily budget: about $178 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: full bloom ranged from March 22 to April 4 between 2021 and 2026, so the same week can be bare or past peak.
• Eat: monjayaki, runny griddle batter from Tsukishima; Edomae sushi, the nigiri that took off in Edo in the 1820s or 1830s.

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Cherry blossom over the moat at Chidorigafuchi, Tokyo (30 March 2023)

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Washington, D.C., USA

Best for cherry blossom and big museums

The National Cherry Blossom Festival marks Tokyo's 1912 gift of cherry trees to Washington, and in 2027 it runs from Saturday, March 20 to Sunday, April 11, per the festival. The trees ring the Tidal Basin below the Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr. and FDR memorials. The National Park Service says peak bloom most often comes between the last week of March and the first week of April.

March brings highs of 14.0 °C (57 °F), lows of 2.0 °C (36 °F), the coldest nights of the three blossom cities. The 3-day Washington itinerary covers the city.

• Things to do: the Apollo 11 command module at the National Air and Space Museum; a free U.S. Capitol tour, booked online; the 22 Corinthian columns from the old Capitol at the National Arboretum.
• Season: peak. City hotel occupancy in March 2025 was 1.13 times the year's average (DC Office of Revenue Analysis).
• Daily budget: about $226 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: the National Park Service says peak bloom is almost impossible to forecast more than 10 days ahead, and parking is scarce during the festival; the festival suggests Metro and the water taxi.
• Eat: a half-smoke, the city's spicier, half-pork sausage, as served with chili at Ben's Chili Bowl on U Street since 1958.

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Cherry blossoms across the Tidal Basin from the Jefferson Memorial (31 March 2026)

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Festivals

Valencia, Spain

Best for Las Fallas fire and mild spring days

From March 15 to 19, Valencia sets up giant papier-mâché monuments, the fallas, on its streets and burns them on the night of the 19th, Saint Joseph's Day, per Visit Valencia. Las Fallas has been on UNESCO's intangible heritage list since 2016. Every day from March 1 to 19, the mascletà, a daytime firecracker barrage, shakes Plaza del Ayuntamiento at 2 pm.

March brings highs of 19.6 °C (67 °F), lows of 9.6 °C (49 °F) and 69 mm (2.7 in) of rain. The Spain guide covers the country.

• Things to do: Santiago Calatrava's City of Arts and Sciences; a walk or ride along the Turia Garden, nearly 8.5 km of park in the old riverbed; the Albufera lagoon and nature park, 11 km south of the city.
• Season: shoulder. The city's hotel nights in March 2025 were 0.94 times the average month (Spain's statistics office).
• Daily budget: about $171 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: noise and crowds, with firecrackers in the streets day and night; the 2027 program is not yet published.
• Eat: buñuelos de calabaza, pumpkin fritters made for Fallas; paella valenciana, with rabbit, chicken and snails; horchata with fartons.

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Smoke over Plaza del Ayuntamiento during a Fallas mascletà, 18 March 2023

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Seville, Spain

Best for Holy Week processions and orange blossom

Seville's Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday, March 21 to Easter Sunday, March 28, 2027, with 71 brotherhoods processing between the Friday of Sorrows and Easter Sunday, per Visit Sevilla; the high point is the madrugá, the night of Holy Thursday. The city also has more orange trees than any other, and they bloom in March and April.

March brings highs of 21.4 °C (71 °F), lows of 9.3 °C (49 °F), the warmest of the European picks, and 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain. The southern Spain itinerary covers Andalusia.

• Things to do: Pedro I's 1360s Mudéjar palace in the Real Alcázar; the 35 ramps up the Giralda, the cathedral's bell tower; the pottery, tile workshops and flamenco of Triana, across the river.
• Season: shoulder. The city's hotel nights in March 2025 were 1.07 times the average month, in a year when Holy Week fell in April (Spain's statistics office).
• Daily budget: about $170 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: Holy Thursday and Good Friday, March 25 and 26, are public holidays in Andalusia, per the regional decree.
• Eat: torrijas, Spain's Holy Week fried bread; espinacas con garbanzos, spinach with chickpeas.

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The paso of the Cristo de la Sed in the street during Seville's Semana Santa, 2026

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Dublin, Ireland

Best for St. Patrick's Day and history on wet days

Dublin's St. Patrick's Festival runs from Saturday, March 13 to Wednesday, March 17, 2027, and the parade leaves Parnell Square at noon on the 17th, down O'Connell Street and over the bridge, per the festival. The day has been a public holiday since 1903.

March brings highs of 11.0 °C (52 °F), lows of 3.3 °C (38 °F) and 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain over about 11 wet days. The 3-day Dublin itinerary and the Ireland guide cover the country.

• Things to do: the Book of Kells in Trinity College Library; the wild fallow deer of Phoenix Park, there since the 17th century; a tour of Kilmainham Gaol, where the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were held.
• Season: low for the country. Ireland's foreign-visitor nights in March 2025 were 0.72 times the average month (Central Statistics Office).
• Daily budget: about $201 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: parade crowds, so arrive early, and a wet, cool month.
• Eat: Dublin coddle, sausages, rashers and potato; Irish stew.

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Mounted Garda unit in the St Patrick's Day Parade, Dublin (March 2011)

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Jaipur, India

Best for Holi colors before the summer heat

Holi falls on Tuesday, March 23, 2027, with the Holika Dahan bonfire on the evening before, per the Government of India's 2027 holiday list, and Jaipur's old city fills with colored powder. The walled Pink City has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2019, and Jantar Mantar and Amer Fort are on the list too.

March brings highs of 32.5 °C (90 °F), lows of 17.6 °C (64 °F) and 13 mm (0.5 in) of rain.

• Things to do: the City Palace museum, still home to the royal family; sunset at Nahargarh Fort, open until 9:30 pm; the climb through Galtaji, past its pools to a hilltop temple with views of the city.
• Season: shoulder for the country. India's foreign arrivals in March 2024 were 1.08 times the average month (Ministry of Tourism).
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's figure ($20) sits below its own hotel prices, so it is left out.
• Trade-off: the heat is rising, with highs past 32.0 °C (90 °F), and Holi is a central-government holiday.
• Eat: dal baati churma, Rajasthan's baked-wheat-ball meal.

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Holi crowds and colored powder in Jaipur's old city, March 2025

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Mendoza, Argentina

Best for the grape harvest and Andes wine country

Mendoza is the capital of South America's largest wine region, and March is harvest, with the Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia usually held on the first weekend of the month; its 2027 dates are not yet published. Malbec country lies to the south, in Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley.

March brings highs of 27.4 °C (81 °F), lows of 13.1 °C (56 °F) and 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain. The 10-day Argentina itinerary and the Argentina guide cover the region.

• Things to do: the monument to the Army of the Andes on Cerro de la Gloria; the Cacheuta hot springs, about half an hour's drive away; Laguna de Horcones, below Aconcagua, in Aconcagua Provincial Park.
• Season: peak. The city's hotel nights in March 2025 were 1.11 times the average month (Argentina's tourism ministry).
• Daily budget: about $55 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip); prices move with Argentina's inflation.
• Trade-off: the Vendimia parades draw more than 300,000 people, and the 2026 main event was moved a day by a storm warning.
• Eat: empanadas with green olives and egg, the Cuyo style.

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Acto Central of the Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, March 2022

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Warm and mild places

Eight places are warm or mild in March, from Petra and Lisbon at 18.2 °C (65 °F) to Tamarindo at 34.6 °C (94 °F). Ramadan is expected to run until about March 9, 2027, which shapes the first days of the month in Marrakech, Luxor and Petra.

Marrakech, Morocco

Best for medina souks in warm, bright spring

Marrakech's medina, a UNESCO site since 1985, holds the souks, the Koutoubia Mosque and Jemaa el-Fnaa, the square whose storytellers and musicians are on UNESCO's intangible heritage list. March brings warm, bright days before the heat.

March brings highs of 23.0 °C (73 °F), lows of 10.7 °C (51 °F) and 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain. The 10-day Morocco itinerary covers the country.

• Things to do: the Bahia Palace, around 150 rooms set around courtyards and riad gardens; the Jardin Majorelle and the Berber Museum in its villa; a hike up the torrent to the cascades above Setti-Fatma in the Ourika Valley.
• Season: no official monthly figure is open to the public.
• Daily budget: about $100 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: Ramadan is expected to end around March 9, 2027, with Eid on March 9 or 10, depending on the moon; many local cafés close until sunset during it.
• Eat: tanjia marrakchia, the city's beef slow-cooked in a clay pot in the ashes; msemen, layered griddle bread.

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A henna artist at work in Jemaa el-Fnaa, March 2024

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Lisbon, Portugal

Best for a mild city break by the river

Lisbon's Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery are UNESCO sites in the Manueline style, and the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon starts on the 25 de Abril Bridge on Sunday, March 7, 2027 at 9:20 am, per the organizers, finishing at Jerónimos.

March brings highs of 18.2 °C (65 °F), lows of 10.4 °C (51 °F), 71 mm (2.8 in) of rain and a 13.9 °C (57 °F) sea. The 7-day Portugal itinerary and the Portugal guide cover the country.

• Things to do: the walls of São Jorge Castle, on a hill fortified since Roman times; the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, reopened on July 18, 2026 after renovation; a day trip to the Pena Palace, on its hill above Sintra.
• Season: shoulder. The Lisbon metro area's guest-nights in March 2025 were 0.94 times the average month (Statistics Portugal).
• Daily budget: about $194 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: a rainy month, with about eight wet days.
• Eat: pastéis de nata, made at the Belém bakery since 1837; ginjinha, sour-cherry liqueur poured on Praça de São Domingos.

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Tram 28 climbing through Alfama, March 2016

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Cape Town, South Africa

Best for dry late summer, jazz and the Cycle Tour

March is late summer in Cape Town, still dry, and the Cape Town Cycle Tour takes riders 109 km around the peninsula on Sunday, March 14, 2027, per the organizers. The Cape Town International Jazz Festival runs city-wide through March from Thursday, March 4.

March brings highs of 24.3 °C (76 °F), lows of 14.8 °C (59 °F), 20 mm (0.8 in) of rain and a 16.9 °C (62 °F) sea. The 5-day Cape Town itinerary lays out the peninsula.

• Things to do: the ferry from the V&A Waterfront to Robben Island and its former prison; the gardens of Kirstenbosch, whose Sunday Summer Sunset Concerts run in summer; the colony of about 3,000 African penguins at Boulders Beach.
• Season: peak. International passengers at Cape Town airport in March 2023 were 1.17 times the average month, the nearest official measure (Wesgro).
• Daily budget: about $187 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: the Cycle Tour route takes over main roads, Chapman's Peak among them, on March 14.
• Eat: koesisters, Cape Malay spiced dumplings with coconut; bobotie.

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Riders in the Cape Town Cycle Tour passing through Sun Valley, 10 March 2024

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Tulum, Mexico

Best for Caribbean sun and the equinox at Chichén Itzá

Tulum's Maya walled city stands on 12 m cliffs above the Caribbean, with cenotes such as Gran Cenote inland. The spring equinox, Saturday, March 20, 2027, brings the shadow serpent to the pyramid at Chichén Itzá, about 150 km by road, where the Mexican heritage institute counted 32,872 people at the 2025 equinox, per INAH.

March brings highs of 31.1 °C (88 °F), lows of 20.2 °C (68 °F), 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and a 26.9 °C (80 °F) sea, the warmest here. The Mexico, Guatemala and Belize itinerary covers the coast.

• Things to do: the main pyramid at Cobá, open to climb again since late 2025 by a wooden staircase; snorkeling in the Dos Ojos cenotes; Sian Ka'an, a reserve that runs from land out to a coral reef.
• Season: peak. Tulum's hotel occupancy in March 2025 was 1.14 times the year's average (Quintana Roo tourism).
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's figure ($144) sits well below the same page's hotel prices for the season, so it is left out.
• Trade-off: peak-season crowds and prices.
• Eat: cochinita pibil; sopa de lima, Yucatec lime soup; panuchos.

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Crowds at El Castillo, Chichén Itzá, on the spring equinox (21 March 2009)

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Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Best for dry-season surf and nesting turtles

Tamarindo is a surf town on the Nicoya Peninsula, and March is late in the dry season, which runs December to April, with leatherback turtles still nesting at Playa Grande next door until May. Liberia airport, about an hour away, is the nearest international airport.

March brings highs of 34.6 °C (94 °F), lows of 23.0 °C (73 °F), the hottest of the 18, 3 mm (0.1 in) of rain and a 26.7 °C (80 °F) sea. The 7-day Costa Rica adventure itinerary stops in Tamarindo.

• Things to do: a surf lesson on Playa Tamarindo, with waves from beginner to advanced; the volcanic vents of Rincón de la Vieja National Park; the Tempisque River marshes of Palo Verde, where birds flock in the dry season.
• Season: peak. Liberia airport's international arrivals were 1.55 times the average month in March 2025, its busiest month (Costa Rica Tourism Board).
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's figure ($164) is left out: its mid-range double room ($111) sits below the same page's off-season hotel average ($156).
• Trade-off: peak prices and the heat.
• Eat: gallo pinto, Guanacaste-style; tanelas, corn pastries with cheese.

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Tamarindo Bay from the air, with the town and Playa Grande across the estuary

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Hoi An, Vietnam

Best for a lantern-lit old town and warm evenings

Hoi An's old town, a UNESCO site, turns off its electric lights on the 14th night of every lunar month for Old Town Night, lit by candles and lanterns, per the town's heritage center; the March 2027 date is not yet published.

March brings highs of 28.4 °C (83 °F), lows of 22.0 °C (72 °F), 83 mm (3.3 in) of rain and a 23.2 °C (74 °F) sea. The 10-day Vietnam itinerary stops in Hoi An.

• Things to do: the 18 m Japanese Covered Bridge, with a small temple at one end; the Cham temple ruins of Mỹ Sơn, 36 km south; a speedboat to the Chàm Islands, about half an hour offshore.
• Season: peak for the country. Vietnam's international arrivals in March 2025 were 1.16 times the average month (Vietnam National Authority of Tourism).
• Daily budget: about $51 a person, mid-range, the lowest here (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: the old town is crowded in peak season.
• Eat: cao lầu, noodles said to need water from the town's Bá Lễ well; white rose dumplings, found only in Hoi An.

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Lantern boats on the river in Hoi An at night, March 2025

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Luxor, Egypt

Best for Nile temples before the summer heat

Luxor, ancient Thebes, holds the temples of Karnak on one bank of the Nile and the Valley of the Kings, open 6 am to 5 pm, on the other, per Egypt's tourism ministry. March comes before summer highs above 40.0 °C (104 °F).

March brings highs of 30.0 °C (86 °F), lows of 13.8 °C (57 °F) and under 1 mm of rain, the driest of the 18, with the widest day-night swing. The 7-day Egypt itinerary covers the Nile.

• Things to do: the terraced Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari; a hot-air balloon ride, flown in Luxor since 1988; the Luxor Museum, on the Nile corniche.
• Season: no official monthly figure.
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's figure ($30) sits far below its own hotel prices, so it is left out.
• Trade-off: Ramadan is expected to run until about March 9, 2027, depending on the moon.
• Eat: ful medames, slow-cooked fava beans; koshary.

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Columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, March

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Petra, Jordan

Best for long rock-city walks in mild weather

Petra, the rose-red Nabataean city, is a UNESCO site and one of the New 7 Wonders, and visitors are back: 582,550 in 2025, up 27%, per the Petra authority. Petra by Night lights the Siq and Treasury with candles from Sunday to Thursday, 8:30 to 10:30 pm, per Visit Petra.

March brings highs of 18.2 °C (65 °F), lows of 6.5 °C (44 °F), mild days for the long walks, and 20 mm (0.8 in) of rain.

• Things to do: the climb of about 800 steps to the High Place of Sacrifice; the carved facades of the Royal Tombs; Little Petra, free and usually less crowded.
• Season: no official monthly figure.
• Daily budget: about $153 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: cold nights near 6.5 °C (44 °F), and Ramadan's last days at the start of the month.
• Eat: mansaf, lamb in fermented yogurt sauce; zarb, Bedouin meat and vegetables cooked underground.

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The Treasury (Al-Khazneh) in early-morning light

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Last of the snow

Zermatt, Switzerland

Best for spring skiing under the Matterhorn

Zermatt's lifts run through March under the 4,478 m Matterhorn, and the season lasts to May 3, 2027 on the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, per the lift operator, with Sunnegga and Rothorn closing on April 11. The same page lists cheaper beginner passes from March 8 to 26, 2027.

March brings highs of 0.1 °C (32 °F), lows of −6.9 °C (20 °F), the coldest of the 18, and 100 mm (3.9 in) of snow and rain. The Swiss Alps itinerary and the Switzerland guide cover the region.

• Things to do: the Matterhorn Museum, a rebuilt mountain village of 14 houses; skiing over the Plateau Rosa glacier into Italy's Breuil-Cervinia, which shares Zermatt's ski area; the Gornergrat railway, open since 1898 and run to the summit all year since 1941.
• Season: peak. Zermatt's hotel nights in March 2025 were 1.32 times the average month (Swiss Federal Statistical Office).
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's figure ($292) sits well below the same page's hotel prices, so it is left out; its rooms average $395 off-season and $737 in peak.
• Trade-off: cost; Zermatt is the priciest stop here.
• Eat: raclette du Valais; cheese fondue.

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A Gornergrat railway car below the summit station, with the snow-covered Matterhorn behind, February

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Tromsø, Norway

Best for the last northern lights and longer days

March is the last full month of Tromsø's northern lights season, which Visit Tromsø gives as late August to early April, and the days grow fast: from 9 hours 32 minutes of daylight on March 1 to 13 hours 49 on March 31, per timeanddate. Dog sledding and Sámi reindeer trips still run.

March brings highs of 2.6 °C (37 °F), lows of −0.9 °C (30 °F) and 134 mm (5.3 in) of rain and snow over about 17 wet days, the wettest of the 18. The Norway guide covers the country.

• Things to do: the Fjellheisen cable car to Storsteinen, a ledge about 420 m up; the bearded seals at Polaria, the world's most northerly aquarium; the Arctic Cathedral, completed in 1965, with its glass mosaic of 1972.
• Season: peak. Tromsø's hotel guest nights in March 2025 were 1.15 times the average month (Statistics Norway).
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's figure ($85) sits far below its own hotel prices, so it is left out.
• Trade-off: shrinking darkness for the aurora, and frequent cloud.
• Eat: creamy fish soup, as served at Fiskekompaniet; finnbiff, sautéed reindeer with lingonberries.

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Snow on the shore and mountains at Telegrafbukta, Tromsø, 18 March

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Where to go for Easter 2027

Easter Sunday 2027 is March 28, so the Easter holidays fall in March. Seville's Holy Week is the big one, March 21 to 28, with Holy Thursday and Good Friday as public holidays in Andalusia. Washington's cherry blossom festival and Japan's bloom overlap the same week, and Zermatt's slopes are still open.

Where should you go in March with kids?

For a March beach week with kids, Tulum and Tamarindo pair warm sea, 26.7 °C (80 °F) to 26.9 °C (80 °F), with dry weather. For a city break, Lisbon is mild at 18.2 °C (65 °F), and the Belém custard tarts are a reward after the monastery.

How the places were chosen

The 18 places come from the destinations most often recommended for March in the top search results checked in October 2026, kept where measured weather and dated events back them up. Highs, lows, rain and sea temperatures are monthly averages for 2013 to 2022 from MonkeyEatingMango's city climate records, with temperatures from TerraClimate and rain and sea from the ERA5 reanalysis. Grid averages can differ from a single weather station. Cherry blossom dates are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991-2020 averages, not a forecast.

• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's mid-range average per person per day, from traveler-reported costs (a share of a double room, food, local transport and entertainment; flights excluded), pages updated September 2026. Where its mid-range room fell below 90% of the same page's off-season hotel price, the figure is left out.
• Season: March divided by the average month of the latest full year of official tourism statistics, from city figures where they exist and regional, national or airport ones where not, as each entry states. Peak is 1.10 or more, shoulder 0.90 to 1.10, low below 0.90.
• Dates: each event date was read off the organizer's or a government site on October 25, 2026; where a 2027 date is not yet published, the page says so.
• Food: checked against an encyclopedia entry or the place's own site.
• Photos: from Wikimedia Commons, taken in March where possible, with the photographer and license on each.

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Last updated October 2026.