Climate averages 1991–2020
Pitalito weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Pitalito: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 315 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Florencia (56 km away). In March its highs average 27.5°C, 4.2°C warmer than Pitalito, with 193 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Pitalito ranks joint 34th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 45th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Pitalito is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 315 mm to 329 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
Pitalito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 209 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 23.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 237 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 315 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 329 | 29.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 22.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 307 | 30.6 | 12.212 h |
| June | 21.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 321 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 316 | 30.3 | 12.212 h |
| August | 21.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 231 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 200 | 28.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 230 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 218 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 23.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 227 | 29.1 | 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
- Florencia in MarchColombia · 56 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Popayán in MarchColombia · 90 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 299 mm rain
- Neiva in MarchColombia · 147 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Pasto in MarchColombia · 154 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 235 mm rain
- Cali in MarchColombia · 183 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 302 mm rain
- Yumbo in MarchColombia · 198 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 302 mm rain
- Ipiales in MarchColombia · 210 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 251 mm rain
- Tulcán in MarchEcuador · 218 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 251 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 Pitalito) is explained once on the Pitalito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.