Climate averages 1991–2020

Neiva weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.5°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 21.9°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 173 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Neiva: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pitalito (147 km away). In March its highs average 23.3°C, 6.3°C cooler than Neiva, with 315 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Neiva ranks joint 20th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 27th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Neiva is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 173 mm to 207 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Neiva climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Neiva, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	29.9°C21.5°C	21.5°C	67	11.1	12.012 h
February	30.5°C22.0°C	22.0°C	83	12.3	12.012 h
March, selected	29.5°C21.9°C	21.9°C	173	21.1	12.112 h
April	28.7°C21.7°C	21.7°C	207	23.9	12.212 h
May	28.8°C21.4°C	21.4°C	152	22.7	12.312 h
June	29.0°C20.8°C	20.8°C	67	16.5	12.312 h
July	29.2°C20.3°C	20.3°C	43	12.0	12.312 h
August	30.6°C20.5°C	20.5°C	29	6.9	12.212 h
September	31.6°C21.6°C	21.6°C	63	11.2	12.112 h
October	29.8°C21.7°C	21.7°C	152	20.9	12.112 h
November	27.8°C21.2°C	21.2°C	173	22.9	12.012 h
December	28.7°C21.2°C	21.2°C	97	16.8	12.012 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

Distance from Neiva

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Neiva) is explained once on the Neiva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.