Climate averages 1991–2020
Cancún weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Cancún: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Playa del Carmen (65 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Cancún, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cancún ranks joint 69th of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 105th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Cancún is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 26 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
Cancún climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 67 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 33 | 6.7 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 26.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 25 | 5.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 26 | 4.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 75 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 133 | 15.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 29.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 65 | 11.3 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.8°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 87 | 14.3 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 162 | 20.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 190 | 19.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 90 | 11.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 61 | 11.4 | 10.911 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
- Playa del Carmen in MarchMexico · 65 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Cozumel in MarchMexico · 76 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Kanasín in MarchMexico · 283 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Mérida in MarchMexico · 289 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Chetumal in MarchMexico · 332 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in MarchCuba · 353 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Campeche in MarchMexico · 410 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Belmopan in MarchBelize · 480 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 38 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 Cancún) is explained once on the Cancún year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.