Climate averages 1991–2020
Mazatlán weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd 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 Mazatlán: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 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 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Victoria de Durango (200 km away). In March its highs average 24.9°C, 1.9°C cooler than Mazatlán, with 9.4 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Mazatlán ranks joint 69th of 153 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Mazatlán is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.2 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
Mazatlán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 15 | 1.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 25.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 15 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 26.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 3.2 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 25 | 3.1 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 132 | 14.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 184 | 18.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 205 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 65 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 35 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| December | 26.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 9.3 | 1.4 | 10.711 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
- Victoria de Durango in MarchMexico · 200 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Culiacán in MarchMexico · 202 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Tepic in MarchMexico · 247 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Guamúchil in MarchMexico · 300 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Puerto Vallarta in MarchMexico · 315 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Guasave in MarchMexico · 333 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in MarchMexico · 336 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Cabo San Lucas in MarchMexico · 359 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.1 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 Mazatlán) is explained once on the Mazatlán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.