Climate averages 1991–2020
San Cristóbal de las Casas weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 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 Tuxtla (51 km away). In March its highs average 31.5°C, 8.6°C warmer than San Cristóbal de las Casas, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, San Cristóbal de las Casas ranks 139th of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 84th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; San Cristóbal de las Casas is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 50 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
San Cristóbal de las Casas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.6°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.211 h |
| February | 21.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| March, selected | 22.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 8.6 | 12.513 h |
| May | 22.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 223 | 19.2 | 12.913 h |
| June | 20.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 486 | 25.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 21.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 300 | 21.6 | 13.013 h |
| August | 21.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 363 | 23.2 | 12.713 h |
| September | 20.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 429 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 230 | 18.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 19.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 58 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| December | 19.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 18 | 2.5 | 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
- Tuxtla in MarchMexico · 51 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Comitán in MarchMexico · 76 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Villahermosa in MarchMexico · 143 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Mexico in MarchMexico · 162 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Paraiso in MarchMexico · 196 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Huehuetenango in MarchGuatemala · 200 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Tapachula in MarchMexico · 207 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Malacatán in MarchGuatemala · 212 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 66 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas) is explained once on the San Cristóbal de las Casas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.