Climate averages 1991–2020
Orizaba weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Orizaba: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Córdoba, Mexico (19 km away). In March its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Orizaba, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Orizaba ranks joint 125th of 153 for the warmest March highs and 152nd of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Orizaba is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 192 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
Orizaba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 111 | 15.8 | 11.111 h |
| February | 22.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 97 | 13.1 | 11.512 h |
| March, selected | 23.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 151 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 192 | 18.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 211 | 21.0 | 13.013 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 227 | 23.0 | 13.213 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 145 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| August | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 142 | 19.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 204 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 192 | 20.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 21.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 140 | 16.7 | 11.311 h |
| December | 20.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 93 | 14.6 | 11.011 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
- Córdoba, Mexico in MarchMexico · 19 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Tehuacán in MarchMexico · 53 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in MarchMexico · 78 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in MarchMexico · 102 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Veracruz in MarchMexico · 107 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Teziutlan in MarchMexico · 111 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Puebla in MarchMexico · 119 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Cholula in MarchMexico · 129 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 17 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 Orizaba) is explained once on the Orizaba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.