Climate averages 1991–2020
Playa del Carmen weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and one of the 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 Playa del Carmen: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cozumel (20 km away). In March its highs average 26.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Playa del Carmen, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Playa del Carmen ranks joint 63rd of 153 for the warmest March highs and 111th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Playa del Carmen is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 32 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
Playa del Carmen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 55 | 10.5 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 27 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| March, selected | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 27 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 32 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 82 | 11.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 154 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 80 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 99 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 166 | 21.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 188 | 19.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 84 | 11.9 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 54 | 10.6 | 10.911 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
- Cozumel in MarchMexico · 20 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Cancún in MarchMexico · 65 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Kanasín in MarchMexico · 260 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Mérida in MarchMexico · 267 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Chetumal in MarchMexico · 267 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Campeche in MarchMexico · 369 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in MarchCuba · 403 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Belmopan in MarchBelize · 415 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 38 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 Playa del Carmen) is explained once on the Playa del Carmen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.