Climate averages 1991–2020
Maicao weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th 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 Maicao: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry 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 Riohacha (75 km away). In March its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Maicao, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Maicao ranks joint 10th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Maicao is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 41 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
Maicao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 5.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 108 | 14.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 65 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 92 | 13.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 153 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 126 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 9.3 | 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
- Riohacha in MarchColombia · 75 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 17 mm rain
- La Concepción in MarchVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Maracaibo in MarchVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in MarchVenezuela · 108 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 17 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in MarchVenezuela · 117 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in MarchVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Cabimas in MarchVenezuela · 139 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Valledupar in MarchColombia · 150 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 103 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 Maicao) is explained once on the Maicao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.