Climate averages 1991–2020
Arraiján weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Arraiján: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panama City (15 km away). In March its highs average 30.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Arraiján, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Arraiján ranks 5th of 6 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 30.4°C; Arraiján is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 87 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
Arraiján climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 29 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 28.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 15 | 4.7 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 29.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 18 | 5.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 87 | 15.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 234 | 28.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 255 | 29.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 280 | 30.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 276 | 30.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 269 | 29.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 268 | 30.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 252 | 27.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 124 | 20.5 | 11.612 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
- Panama City in MarchPanama · 15 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 12 mm rain
- San Miguelito in MarchPanama · 22 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in MarchPanama · 25 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Colón in MarchPanama · 55 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 41 mm rain
- David in MarchPanama · 312 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Apartadó in MarchColombia · 352 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Chigorodó in MarchColombia · 355 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Montería in MarchColombia · 414 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 71 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 Arraiján) is explained once on the Arraiján year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.