Climate averages 1991–2020

Heróica Zitácuaro weather
in March.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 24.9°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 9.5°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 20 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Heróica Zitácuaro · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Heróica Zitácuaro: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd 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 Toluca (76 km away). In March its highs average 21.0°C, 3.9°C cooler than Heróica Zitácuaro, with 29 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Heróica Zitácuaro ranks joint 103rd of 153 for the warmest March highs and 93rd of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Heróica Zitácuaro is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 23 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. 51015202530 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 4500

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

Every month, side by side

Heróica Zitácuaro climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Heróica Zitácuaro, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.2°C7.7°C7.7°C233.311.111 h
February 23.0°C8.4°C8.4°C182.911.511 h
March, selected 24.9°C9.5°C9.5°C203.212.012 h
April 26.8°C11.4°C11.4°C234.612.613 h
May 26.7°C12.7°C12.7°C11714.713.013 h
June 23.4°C13.0°C13.0°C29924.913.313 h
July 22.0°C12.2°C12.2°C40829.813.213 h
August 22.0°C12.3°C12.3°C38529.612.813 h
September 21.5°C12.2°C12.2°C30326.812.312 h
October 21.8°C11.4°C11.4°C13618.011.712 h
November 21.7°C9.7°C9.7°C397.511.211 h
December 21.3°C8.3°C8.3°C142.911.011 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 Heróica Zitácuaro

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 Heróica Zitácuaro) is explained once on the Heróica Zitácuaro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.