Climate averages 1991–2020
Minatitlán weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Minatitlán: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coatzacoalcos (20 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Minatitlán, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Minatitlán ranks joint 26th of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 94th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Minatitlán is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 22 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
Minatitlán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 70 | 10.7 | 11.211 h |
| February | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| March, selected | 29.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 21 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.513 h |
| May | 33.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 72 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 249 | 23.6 | 13.213 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 289 | 27.0 | 13.113 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 331 | 27.6 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 334 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 246 | 21.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 15.9 | 11.311 h |
| December | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 73 | 12.8 | 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
- Coatzacoalcos in MarchMexico · 20 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in MarchMexico · 125 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Paraiso in MarchMexico · 149 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in MarchMexico · 166 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Villahermosa in MarchMexico · 171 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in MarchMexico · 181 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Tuxtla in MarchMexico · 206 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Veracruz in MarchMexico · 213 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 21 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 Minatitlán) is explained once on the Minatitlán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.