Climate averages 1991–2020
Oaxaca weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Oaxaca: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Tuxtepec (131 km away). In March its highs average 30.3°C, 2.1°C warmer than Oaxaca, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Oaxaca ranks 46th of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 82nd of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Oaxaca is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 29 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
Oaxaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.211 h |
| February | 26.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| March, selected | 28.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 16 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| May | 28.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 73 | 9.3 | 12.913 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 163 | 17.0 | 13.113 h |
| July | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 104 | 13.9 | 13.013 h |
| August | 24.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 125 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| September | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 160 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 71 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 23.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 9.8 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| December | 24.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 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
- Tuxtepec in MarchMexico · 131 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Tehuacán in MarchMexico · 172 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Salina Cruz in MarchMexico · 191 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in MarchMexico · 194 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Orizaba in MarchMexico · 203 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in MarchMexico · 204 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Veracruz in MarchMexico · 244 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Minatitlán in MarchMexico · 253 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.3°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 Oaxaca) is explained once on the Oaxaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.