Climate averages 1991–2020
Salina Cruz weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Salina Cruz: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 3rd 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 Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza (34 km away). In March its highs average 31.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Salina Cruz, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Salina Cruz ranks 15th of 153 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Salina Cruz is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.8 mm to 6.2 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
Salina Cruz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| February | 29.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| March, selected | 30.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 6.2 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| May | 32.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 67 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| June | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 233 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 31.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 122 | 11.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 31.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 163 | 14.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 206 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 84 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 15 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| December | 29.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 11.211 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
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in MarchMexico · 34 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Oaxaca in MarchMexico · 191 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Minatitlán in MarchMexico · 214 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Tuxtla in MarchMexico · 231 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Coatzacoalcos in MarchMexico · 233 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in MarchMexico · 235 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 60 mm rain
- San Cristóbal de las Casas in MarchMexico · 279 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in MarchMexico · 280 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 31 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 Salina Cruz) is explained once on the Salina Cruz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.