Climate averages 1991–2020
Popayán weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Popayán: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 299 mm of rain on roughly 25 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 Pitalito (90 km away). In March its highs average 23.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Popayán, with 315 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Popayán ranks 36th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 41st of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Popayán is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 299 mm to 289 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
Popayán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 233 | 21.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 22.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 233 | 21.5 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 299 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 289 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 197 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 22.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 93 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| July | 22.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 64 | 10.0 | 12.212 h |
| August | 23.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 64 | 9.9 | 12.212 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 145 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 268 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 21.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 331 | 28.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 21.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 292 | 25.3 | 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
- Pitalito in MarchColombia · 90 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Cali in MarchColombia · 111 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 302 mm rain
- Yumbo in MarchColombia · 128 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 302 mm rain
- Florencia in MarchColombia · 145 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Pasto in MarchColombia · 155 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 235 mm rain
- Neiva in MarchColombia · 158 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Ipiales in MarchColombia · 213 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 Popayán) is explained once on the Popayán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.