Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo de los Colorados weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Santo Domingo de los Colorados: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 414 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibarra (135 km away). In March its highs average 20.0°C, 4.8°C cooler than Santo Domingo de los Colorados, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Santo Domingo de los Colorados ranks 5th of 9 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 9 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 9 cities is 23.7°C; Santo Domingo de los Colorados is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 414 mm to 391 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
Santo Domingo de los Colorados climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 376 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| February | 24.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 407 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 24.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 414 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 391 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 252 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 123 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 59 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 87 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 118 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 131 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 235 | 26.2 | 12.112 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
- Ibarra in MarchEcuador · 135 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 185 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in MarchEcuador · 145 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 203 mm rain
- Portoviejo in MarchEcuador · 168 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 234 mm rain
- Tulcán in MarchEcuador · 201 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 251 mm rain
- Ipiales in MarchColombia · 209 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 251 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MarchEcuador · 225 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 455 mm rain
- Tumaco in MarchColombia · 231 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 293 mm rain
- Pasto in MarchColombia · 267 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 235 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados) is explained once on the Santo Domingo de los Colorados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.