Climate averages 1991–2020
Aguachica weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Aguachica: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ocaña (30 km away). In March its highs average 25.7°C, 6.0°C cooler than Aguachica, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Aguachica ranks joint 10th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Aguachica is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 265 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aguachica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 30 | 6.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 39 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 31.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 119 | 15.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 265 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 408 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 300 | 27.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 236 | 26.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 312 | 28.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 348 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 320 | 29.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 233 | 26.2 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 89 | 15.5 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Ocaña in MarchColombia · 30 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Cúcuta in MarchColombia · 130 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in MarchColombia · 141 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 260 mm rain
- Rubio in MarchVenezuela · 154 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Magangué in MarchColombia · 163 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Táriba in MarchVenezuela · 163 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 99 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MarchVenezuela · 201 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Montelíbano in MarchColombia · 202 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 89 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aguachica) is explained once on the Aguachica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.