Climate averages 1991–2020
Machiques weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Machiques: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 La Villa del Rosario (39 km away). In March its highs average 33.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than Machiques, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Machiques ranks 19th of 65 for the warmest March highs and joint 40th of 65 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 65 cities is 31.1°C; Machiques is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 89 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
Machiques climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 8.7 | 1.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 32.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 41 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 89 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 155 | 23.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 94 | 21.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 95 | 22.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 33.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 101 | 24.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 111 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 200 | 25.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 209 | 20.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 32 | 7.6 | 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
- La Villa del Rosario in MarchVenezuela · 39 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Valledupar in MarchColombia · 89 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 103 mm rain
- La Concepción in MarchVenezuela · 100 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in MarchVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Maracaibo in MarchVenezuela · 122 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Cabimas in MarchVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in MarchVenezuela · 134 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 17 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MarchVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 148 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 Machiques) is explained once on the Machiques year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.