Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciénaga weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ciénaga: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd 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 Santa Marta (26 km away). In March its highs average 27.2°C, 2.8°C cooler than Ciénaga, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ciénaga ranks joint 17th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Ciénaga is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 140 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
Ciénaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 21 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 40 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 140 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 305 | 25.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 220 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 183 | 19.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 225 | 22.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 309 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 394 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 287 | 24.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 87 | 12.4 | 11.511 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
- Santa Marta in MarchColombia · 26 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Soledad in MarchColombia · 57 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Barranquilla in MarchColombia · 58 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in MarchColombia · 85 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Valledupar in MarchColombia · 124 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Cartagena in MarchColombia · 152 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Riohacha in MarchColombia · 158 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Magangué in MarchColombia · 204 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 72 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 Ciénaga) is explained once on the Ciénaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.