Climate averages 1991–2020
Chihuahua weather
in March.
A warm, very 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 Chihuahua: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Delicias (78 km away). In March its highs average 26.2°C, 2.0°C warmer than Chihuahua, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Chihuahua ranks joint 120th of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 22nd of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Chihuahua is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.0 mm to 7.1 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
Chihuahua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 11 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
| February | 20.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 24.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 7.0 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 7.1 | 1.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 31.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 13 | 2.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 33.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 20 | 4.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 65 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 65 | 9.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 57 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 21 | 3.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 21.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 15 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 17.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 8.6 | 1.8 | 10.410 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
- Ciudad Delicias in MarchMexico · 78 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Cuauhtémoc in MarchMexico · 80 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Hidalgo del Parral in MarchMexico · 194 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in MarchMexico · 345 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- El Paso in MarchUnited States · 349 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Navojoa in MarchMexico · 373 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in MarchMexico · 399 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Guamúchil in MarchMexico · 404 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 4.0 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 Chihuahua) is explained once on the Chihuahua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.