Climate averages 1991–2020
Cumaná weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Cumaná: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd 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 Porlamar (64 km away). In March its highs average 26.3°C, 3.4°C cooler than Cumaná, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Cumaná ranks 48th of 65 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 65 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 65 cities is 31.1°C; Cumaná is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 16 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
Cumaná climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.8 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.1 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 14 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 16 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 29 | 6.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 38 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 90 | 20.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 71 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 59 | 17.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 49 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 18 | 5.8 | 11.512 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
- Porlamar in MarchVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Carúpano in MarchVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Anaco in MarchVenezuela · 119 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Maturín in MarchVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 28 mm rain
- El Tigre in MarchVenezuela · 175 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 14 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MarchVenezuela · 175 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Zaraza in MarchVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in MarchVenezuela · 244 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 12 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 Cumaná) is explained once on the Cumaná year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.