Climate averages 1991–2020
Soacha weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Soacha: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 281 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 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bogotá (15 km away). In March its highs average 18.8°C, about as warm as Soacha, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Soacha ranks 44th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 39th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Soacha is 8.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 281 mm to 259 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
Soacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 209 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| February | 18.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 237 | 22.3 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 18.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 281 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 259 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 185 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 56 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 19.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 37 | 7.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 20.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 37 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 105 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 236 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 283 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 18.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 225 | 23.4 | 11.912 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
- Bogotá in MarchColombia · 15 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MarchColombia · 32 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Chía in MarchColombia · 36 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in MarchColombia · 55 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Villavicencio in MarchColombia · 82 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 221 mm rain
- La Dorada in MarchColombia · 108 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Ibagué in MarchColombia · 110 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 304 mm rain
- Sogamoso in MarchColombia · 190 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 110 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 Soacha) is explained once on the Soacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.