Climate averages 1991–2020
Mayagüez weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mayagüez: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arecibo (54 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Mayagüez, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Puerto Rico, Mayagüez ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 29.0°C; Mayagüez is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 36 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
Mayagüez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 16 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 19 | 6.4 | 11.512 h |
| March, selected | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 28 | 9.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 36 | 10.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 70 | 14.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 47 | 13.2 | 13.213 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 51 | 14.4 | 13.113 h |
| August | 31.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 67 | 16.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 98 | 17.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 71 | 15.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 54 | 10.3 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 18 | 4.5 | 11.111 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
- Arecibo in MarchPuerto Rico · 54 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Ponce in MarchPuerto Rico · 58 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Bayamón in MarchPuerto Rico · 106 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 40 mm rain
- San Juan in MarchPuerto Rico · 113 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Caguas in MarchPuerto Rico · 115 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Carolina in MarchPuerto Rico · 126 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Punta Cana in MarchDominican Republic · 140 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Salvaleón de Higüey in MarchDominican Republic · 172 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 31 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 Mayagüez) is explained once on the Mayagüez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.