Climate averages 1991–2020

Cuernavaca weather
in March.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 11.6°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 13 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cuernavaca · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Cuernavaca: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Temixco (9 km away). In March its highs average 29.8°C, 1.9°C warmer than Cuernavaca, with 4.9 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cuernavaca ranks joint 47th of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 72nd of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Cuernavaca is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 32 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Cuernavaca climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cuernavaca, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.8°C9.0°C9.0°C111.611.111 h
February 25.8°C10.0°C10.0°C102.011.512 h
March, selected 28.0°C11.6°C11.6°C133.112.012 h
April 29.5°C13.8°C13.8°C326.712.613 h
May 28.3°C14.8°C14.8°C13916.713.013 h
June 25.1°C15.2°C15.2°C25925.013.213 h
July 24.7°C14.7°C14.7°C20226.413.213 h
August 24.7°C15.1°C15.1°C24227.612.813 h
September 23.6°C14.9°C14.9°C27126.412.312 h
October 24.0°C13.7°C13.7°C11616.311.712 h
November 24.0°C11.3°C11.3°C286.111.311 h
December 23.7°C9.5°C9.5°C6.61.311.011 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

Distance from Cuernavaca

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cuernavaca) is explained once on the Cuernavaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.