Climate averages 1991–2020
El Tocuyo weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in El Tocuyo: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Carora (53 km away). In March its highs average 33.4°C, 3.1°C warmer than El Tocuyo, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, El Tocuyo ranks 42nd of 65 for the warmest March highs and 60th of 65 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 65 cities is 31.1°C; El Tocuyo is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 171 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
El Tocuyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 39 | 10.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 46 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 30.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 114 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 171 | 20.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 143 | 21.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 96 | 18.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 73 | 17.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 53 | 13.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 75 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 129 | 20.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 129 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 62 | 15.7 | 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
- Carora in MarchVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in MarchVenezuela · 57 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Cabudare in MarchVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in MarchVenezuela · 66 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Acarigua in MarchVenezuela · 70 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Yaritagua in MarchVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Guanare in MarchVenezuela · 83 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Chivacoa in MarchVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 70 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 El Tocuyo) is explained once on the El Tocuyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.