Climate averages 1991–2020
Veracruz weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th 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 Veracruz: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd 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 (89 km away). In March its highs average 24.2°C, 5.4°C cooler than Veracruz, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Veracruz ranks joint 28th of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 94th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Veracruz is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 25 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
Veracruz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 18 | 4.3 | 11.111 h |
| February | 27.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.512 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 21 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 25 | 4.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 33.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 44 | 8.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 191 | 21.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 206 | 22.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 196 | 22.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 217 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 116 | 15.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 21 | 4.5 | 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 · 89 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Xalapa de Enríquez in MarchMexico · 90 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Orizaba in MarchMexico · 107 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Tuxtepec in MarchMexico · 122 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Teziutlan in MarchMexico · 146 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Tehuacán in MarchMexico · 154 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in MarchMexico · 200 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Poza Rica de Hidalgo in MarchMexico · 204 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 56 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 Veracruz) is explained once on the Veracruz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.