Climate averages 1991–2020

Chía weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.3°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 11.2°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 140 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Chía: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th 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 Zipaquirá (19 km away). In March its highs average 19.6°C, about as warm as Chía, with 191 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Chía ranks 42nd of 46 for the warmest March highs and 24th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Chía is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 mm to 148 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chía climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Chía, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	19.2°C10.4°C	10.4°C	60	14.1	11.912 h
February	19.5°C10.8°C	10.8°C	84	15.4	12.012 h
March, selected	19.3°C11.2°C	11.2°C	140	18.8	12.112 h
April	18.7°C11.4°C	11.4°C	148	19.7	12.212 h
May	18.4°C11.3°C	11.3°C	96	16.3	12.312 h
June	18.4°C11.1°C	11.1°C	39	10.2	12.412 h
July	18.5°C10.8°C	10.8°C	33	9.4	12.412 h
August	19.4°C10.8°C	10.8°C	24	7.3	12.312 h
September	19.6°C10.6°C	10.6°C	34	10.4	12.112 h
October	18.9°C10.6°C	10.6°C	100	17.9	12.012 h
November	18.5°C10.7°C	10.7°C	129	20.6	11.912 h
December	18.7°C10.5°C	10.5°C	77	15.8	11.812 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

Distance from Chía

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chía) is explained once on the Chía year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.