Climate averages 1991–2020
Yopal weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Yopal: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Sogamoso (73 km away). In March its highs average 20.3°C, 9.5°C cooler than Yopal, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Yopal ranks 19th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Yopal is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 165 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
Yopal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 54 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 165 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 227 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 221 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 188 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 94 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 118 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 100 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 27 | 5.8 | 11.812 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
- Sogamoso in MarchColombia · 73 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Duitama in MarchColombia · 89 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in MarchColombia · 182 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Villavicencio in MarchColombia · 191 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 221 mm rain
- Chía in MarchColombia · 192 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Bogotá in MarchColombia · 204 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Soacha in MarchColombia · 219 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 281 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MarchColombia · 245 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 219 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 Yopal) is explained once on the Yopal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.