Climate averages 1991–2020

Tumaco weather
in March.

A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 24.3°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 293 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Tumaco: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 293 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 7th 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 Esmeraldas (133 km away). In March its highs average 28.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Tumaco, with 203 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Tumaco ranks joint 26th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 40th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Tumaco is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 293 mm to 379 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

Tumaco climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Tumaco, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.5°C23.9°C	23.9°C	461	28.7	12.012 h
February	27.0°C24.0°C	24.0°C	330	24.1	12.112 h
March, selected	27.2°C24.3°C	24.3°C	293	23.9	12.112 h
April	27.4°C24.4°C	24.4°C	379	25.6	12.212 h
May	27.3°C24.4°C	24.4°C	404	28.4	12.212 h
June	27.0°C24.2°C	24.2°C	288	27.0	12.212 h
July	26.7°C24.0°C	24.0°C	248	27.4	12.212 h
August	26.6°C24.0°C	24.0°C	210	27.1	12.212 h
September	26.4°C23.9°C	23.9°C	230	25.8	12.112 h
October	26.3°C24.0°C	24.0°C	269	25.5	12.112 h
November	26.2°C24.0°C	24.0°C	199	21.9	12.012 h
December	26.3°C24.0°C	24.0°C	313	25.6	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

Distance from Tumaco

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