Climate averages 1991–2020

San Miguel de Allende weather
in March.

A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.7°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 11.2°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 12 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in San Miguel de Allende · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in San Miguel de Allende: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 2nd 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 Celaya (44 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than San Miguel de Allende, with 10 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, San Miguel de Allende ranks joint 71st of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 69th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; San Miguel de Allende is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 15 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

San Miguel de Allende climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for San Miguel de Allende, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 22.0°C8.3°C8.3°C122.311.011 h
February 24.2°C9.6°C9.6°C132.011.411 h
March, selected 26.7°C11.2°C11.2°C122.212.012 h
April 28.8°C13.5°C13.5°C153.712.613 h
May 29.1°C14.9°C14.9°C447.613.113 h
June 26.8°C15.2°C15.2°C10312.113.413 h
July 24.9°C14.7°C14.7°C11214.813.313 h
August 25.1°C14.8°C14.8°C10112.512.813 h
September 23.8°C14.5°C14.5°C10012.212.312 h
October 23.8°C12.6°C12.6°C376.411.712 h
November 23.2°C10.7°C10.7°C122.311.211 h
December 22.6°C9.2°C9.2°C4.41.010.911 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

Distance from San Miguel de Allende

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for San Miguel de Allende) is explained once on the San Miguel de Allende year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.