Climate averages 1991–2020
Zapopan weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Zapopan: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 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 Guadalajara (6 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Zapopan, with 7.1 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Zapopan ranks joint 34th of 153 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Zapopan is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.6 mm to 4.4 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
Zapopan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.511 h |
| March, selected | 28.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 6.6 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 4.4 | 1.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 32.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 14 | 3.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 130 | 18.2 | 13.413 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 220 | 25.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 26.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 197 | 25.1 | 12.813 h |
| September | 25.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 168 | 20.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 59 | 9.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 14 | 2.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 24.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 8.2 | 1.4 | 10.911 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
- Guadalajara in MarchMexico · 6 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in MarchMexico · 13 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Tonalá in MarchMexico · 19 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in MarchMexico · 23 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Tepatitlán de Morelos in MarchMexico · 66 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Ocotlán in MarchMexico · 76 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in MarchMexico · 113 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Zamora de Hidalgo in MarchMexico · 141 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 14 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 Zapopan) is explained once on the Zapopan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.