Climate averages 1991–2020
Cúcuta weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Cúcuta: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th 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 Rubio (28 km away). In March its highs average 27.3°C, 2.7°C cooler than Cúcuta, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cúcuta ranks joint 17th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 23rd of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Cúcuta is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 155 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
Cúcuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 78 | 14.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 89 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 30.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 97 | 12.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 31.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 32.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 33 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 59 | 10.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 133 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 181 | 20.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 113 | 16.8 | 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
- Rubio in MarchVenezuela · 28 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Táriba in MarchVenezuela · 32 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Ocaña in MarchColombia · 101 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Aguachica in MarchColombia · 130 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 119 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MarchVenezuela · 137 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in MarchVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in MarchVenezuela · 165 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in MarchColombia · 176 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 260 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 Cúcuta) is explained once on the Cúcuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.