Climate averages 1991–2020
La Dorada weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 5th 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 La Dorada: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th 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 (87 km away). In March its highs average 19.6°C, 12.8°C cooler than La Dorada, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, La Dorada ranks 8th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 26th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; La Dorada is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 151 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
La Dorada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 67 | 12.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 151 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 119 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 31 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 33.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 48 | 8.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 33.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 110 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 211 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 224 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 116 | 17.2 | 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
- Zipaquirá in MarchColombia · 87 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Chía in MarchColombia · 94 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Soacha in MarchColombia · 108 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 281 mm rain
- Rionegro in MarchColombia · 111 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 267 mm rain
- Bogotá in MarchColombia · 113 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Ibagué in MarchColombia · 127 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 304 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MarchColombia · 128 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Caldas in MarchColombia · 129 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 214 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 La Dorada) is explained once on the La Dorada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.