Climate averages 1991–2020
Riohacha weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Riohacha: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maicao (75 km away). In March its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Riohacha, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Riohacha ranks 12th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Riohacha is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 48 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
Riohacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 13 | 3.7 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 10 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 31.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 17 | 4.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 48 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 139 | 17.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 81 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 97 | 15.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 165 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 189 | 25.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 127 | 19.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 45 | 9.9 | 11.511 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
- Maicao in MarchColombia · 75 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Valledupar in MarchColombia · 126 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Santa Marta in MarchColombia · 144 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 5.4 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in MarchVenezuela · 150 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 23 mm rain
- La Concepción in MarchVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Ciénaga in MarchColombia · 158 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Machiques in MarchVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Maracaibo in MarchVenezuela · 173 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 17 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 Riohacha) is explained once on the Riohacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.