Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Apatzingán (126 km away). In March its highs average 35.2°C, 5.3°C warmer than Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, with 7.5 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas ranks joint 21st of 153 for the warmest March highs and 39th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.2 mm to under 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
Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 21 | 1.2 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 7.0 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| March, selected | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.2 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 12.513 h |
| May | 31.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 12 | 2.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 168 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 184 | 18.5 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 254 | 20.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 333 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 195 | 20.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 11 | 1.8 | 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
- Apatzingán in MarchMexico · 126 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Uruapan in MarchMexico · 162 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Tecomán in MarchMexico · 206 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Colima in MarchMexico · 214 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez in MarchMexico · 218 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Morelia in MarchMexico · 221 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in MarchMexico · 225 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in MarchMexico · 235 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 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 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas) is explained once on the Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.