Climate averages 1991–2020
Montería 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 Montería: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 15 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 Cereté (18 km away). In March its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Montería, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Montería ranks joint 4th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Montería is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 179 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
Montería climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 38 | 10.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 33.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 71 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 179 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 286 | 29.5 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 252 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 254 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 242 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 243 | 29.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 245 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 184 | 27.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 103 | 21.1 | 11.612 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
- Cereté in MarchColombia · 18 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Sincelejo in MarchColombia · 82 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Montelíbano in MarchColombia · 100 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Apartadó in MarchColombia · 127 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Magangué in MarchColombia · 135 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Chigorodó in MarchColombia · 149 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Cartagena in MarchColombia · 188 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in MarchColombia · 234 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 20 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 Montería) is explained once on the Montería year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.