Climate averages 1991–2020

Pasto weather
in March.

A mild, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 17.9°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 11.1°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 235 mm 28 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Pasto: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th 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 Ipiales (59 km away). In March its highs average 16.3°C, 1.6°C cooler than Pasto, with 251 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Pasto ranks 45th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 33rd of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Pasto is 9.2°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs stay level at 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 235 mm to 231 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

Pasto climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Pasto, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	17.6°C10.9°C	10.9°C	177	22.4	12.112 h
February	17.9°C11.0°C	11.0°C	184	22.6	12.112 h
March, selected	17.9°C11.1°C	11.1°C	235	27.5	12.112 h
April	17.9°C11.3°C	11.3°C	231	27.5	12.112 h
May	17.8°C11.3°C	11.3°C	181	27.3	12.212 h
June	17.6°C11.0°C	11.0°C	114	23.7	12.212 h
July	17.6°C10.5°C	10.5°C	92	22.2	12.212 h
August	18.5°C10.2°C	10.2°C	63	16.6	12.212 h
September	18.9°C10.3°C	10.3°C	99	19.9	12.112 h
October	18.1°C10.6°C	10.6°C	195	25.2	12.112 h
November	17.3°C10.8°C	10.8°C	244	26.5	12.112 h
December	17.4°C10.9°C	10.9°C	221	25.7	12.112 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 Pasto

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 Pasto) is explained once on the Pasto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.