Climate averages 1991–2020
Cárdenas, Mexico weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Cárdenas, Mexico: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villahermosa (46 km away). In March its highs average 31.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Cárdenas, Mexico, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cárdenas, Mexico ranks 16th of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 118th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Cárdenas, Mexico is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 39 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
Cárdenas, Mexico climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 81 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 50 | 7.7 | 11.512 h |
| March, selected | 30.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 31 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 39 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| May | 34.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 84 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 208 | 21.1 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| August | 31.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 227 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 289 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 243 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 134 | 15.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 26.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 82 | 11.8 | 11.111 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
- Villahermosa in MarchMexico · 46 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Paraiso in MarchMexico · 48 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in MarchMexico · 114 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Minatitlán in MarchMexico · 125 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Tuxtla in MarchMexico · 141 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in MarchMexico · 162 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Ciudad del Carmen in MarchMexico · 178 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Comitán in MarchMexico · 236 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 8.8 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 Cárdenas) is explained once on the Cárdenas, Mexico year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.