Climate averages 1991–2020
Valledupar weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Valledupar: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Machiques (89 km away). In March its highs average 32.7°C, 4.0°C warmer than Valledupar, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Valledupar ranks 23rd of 46 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Valledupar is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 247 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
Valledupar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 103 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 247 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 336 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 163 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 101 | 19.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 147 | 23.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 207 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 315 | 27.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 308 | 22.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 90 | 11.1 | 11.512 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
- Machiques in MarchVenezuela · 89 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 41 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in MarchVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Ciénaga in MarchColombia · 124 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Riohacha in MarchColombia · 126 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Santa Marta in MarchColombia · 134 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Maicao in MarchColombia · 150 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 11 mm rain
- La Concepción in MarchVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in MarchVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 20 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 Valledupar) is explained once on the Valledupar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.