Climate averages 1991–2020
Arauca weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 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 Arauca: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Socopó (128 km away). In March its highs average 30.2°C, 3.0°C cooler than Arauca, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Arauca ranks joint 2nd of 46 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Arauca is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 181 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
Arauca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 55 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 181 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 324 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 375 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 346 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 293 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 244 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 211 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 9.5 | 11.712 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
- Socopó in MarchVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in MarchVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in MarchVenezuela · 172 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Táriba in MarchVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Rubio in MarchVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Cúcuta in MarchColombia · 213 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Guanare in MarchVenezuela · 245 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 40 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MarchVenezuela · 249 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 148 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 Arauca) is explained once on the Arauca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.