Climate averages 1991–2020
Xalapa de Enríquez weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Xalapa de Enríquez: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th 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 Teziutlan (56 km away). In March its highs average 19.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Xalapa de Enríquez, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Xalapa de Enríquez ranks joint 146th of 153 for the warmest March highs and 150th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Xalapa de Enríquez is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 172 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
Xalapa de Enríquez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 59 | 12.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 19.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 60 | 11.6 | 11.511 h |
| March, selected | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 119 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 172 | 19.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 159 | 22.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 22.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 193 | 23.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 120 | 19.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 22.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 143 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 21.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 205 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 147 | 18.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 11.211 h |
| December | 18.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 48 | 10.1 | 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
- Teziutlan in MarchMexico · 56 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in MarchMexico · 72 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Orizaba in MarchMexico · 78 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Veracruz in MarchMexico · 90 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Poza Rica de Hidalgo in MarchMexico · 125 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Tehuacán in MarchMexico · 129 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Amozoc de Mota in MarchMexico · 130 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Tlaxcala in MarchMexico · 141 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 9.6°C · 25 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 Xalapa de Enríquez) is explained once on the Xalapa de Enríquez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.