Climate averages 1991–2020
Ocaña weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Ocaña: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th 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 Aguachica (30 km away). In March its highs average 31.7°C, 6.0°C warmer than Ocaña, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ocaña ranks 30th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Ocaña is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 200 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
Ocaña climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 22 | 6.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 35 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 25.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 200 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 293 | 25.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 24.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 168 | 19.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 24.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 112 | 16.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 185 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 24.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 253 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 259 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 163 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 51 | 9.8 | 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
- Aguachica in MarchColombia · 30 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Cúcuta in MarchColombia · 101 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Rubio in MarchVenezuela · 125 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Táriba in MarchVenezuela · 133 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in MarchColombia · 141 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 260 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MarchVenezuela · 179 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Magangué in MarchColombia · 190 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Machiques in MarchVenezuela · 221 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 41 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 Ocaña) is explained once on the Ocaña year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.