Climate averages 1991–2020
Zipaquirá weather
in March.
A mild, very wet month: the 4th 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 Zipaquirá: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 24 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 Chía (19 km away). In March its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Zipaquirá, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Zipaquirá ranks 41st of 46 for the warmest March highs and 28th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Zipaquirá is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 191 mm to 212 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
Zipaquirá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 65 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 20.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 191 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 212 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 154 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 63 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 19.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 77 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 19.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 142 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 157 | 24.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 19.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 90 | 17.7 | 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
- Chía in MarchColombia · 19 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Bogotá in MarchColombia · 47 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Soacha in MarchColombia · 55 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 281 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in MarchColombia · 86 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 219 mm rain
- La Dorada in MarchColombia · 87 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Villavicencio in MarchColombia · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 221 mm rain
- Duitama in MarchColombia · 140 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Sogamoso in MarchColombia · 141 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 Zipaquirá) is explained once on the Zipaquirá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.