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📅 Where to Go in March

82 cities in our guide are at their best in March

March is the turning point. Southern Europe starts to warm up and the first terrace days arrive in Seville, Valencia and Lisbon, while crowds are still small. By the end of the month, Japan's cherry blossom season usually begins, one of the most beautiful (and busiest) times to visit.

In the tropics, March is the end of the dry season in much of Southeast Asia, and the heat builds quickly. In the southern hemisphere, late summer turns into a mild autumn, which is excellent for wine regions and city sightseeing.

Top picks for March

Rome
🇮🇹 RomeItalyBest: March–May, September–November
Tokyo
🇯🇵 TokyoJapanBest: March–May, September–November
Dubai
🇦🇪 DubaiUAEBest: November–March
Kyoto
🇯🇵 KyotoJapanBest: March–May (cherry blossoms), October–November (autumn leaves)
Lisbon
🇵🇹 LisbonPortugalBest: March–May, September–October
Singapore
🇸🇬 SingaporeSingaporeBest: February–April

What March is good for

Cherry blossom (late March onwards)

Blossom usually starts in late March in Tokyo and moves north over the following weeks. Exact timing varies each year.

Tokyo · Kyoto · Osaka

Spring festivals

Valencia's Las Fallas in mid-March and St Patrick's Day in Dublin on 17 March.

Valencia · Dublin

Holi

The festival of colours falls in March in most years (the date follows the Hindu calendar).

Jaipur · Varanasi · Delhi

Early spring in the south of Europe

Mild days, almond and orange blossom, and pre-Easter prices.

Seville · Lisbon · Athens

☀️ Warm-weather picks

Cities with a tropical or desert climate that are in season in March.

💰 Good value in March

In season and easy on the budget. Estimate the cost of a trip with the budget estimator.

🌗 Quieter shoulder-season options

March is just outside these cities' best months: expect fewer visitors and lower prices, with less predictable weather.

All 82 cities in season in March

🏰 Europe 6

🏯 Asia 20

🗽 Americas 26

🦁 Africa 13

🕌 Middle East 10

🌊 Oceania 7

💡 Tip for March: For cherry blossom, book early but keep a day or two of flexibility. Forecasts are published from February and the peak lasts only about a week in each city.

How we choose these cities

Every city guide on GuesTheCity lists the months when we think the city is at its best, balancing weather, crowds and prices. A city appears on this page when March is one of those months. Warm-weather picks are filtered by climate, value picks by our budget rating for each city, and shoulder-season options are cities where March falls just before or after their best months.

Weather varies from year to year and festival dates move, so check the forecast and event calendar before you book. To see the full year for any city, use the best time to visit calendar, explore cities by region on the world map, or compare two options with City vs City.

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