Climate averages 1991–2020
Petare weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Petare: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet 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 Caracas (8 km away). In March its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Petare, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Petare ranks 53rd of 65 for the warmest March highs and 45th of 65 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 65 cities is 31.1°C; Petare is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 96 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
Petare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 61 | 15.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 52 | 13.2 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 54 | 12.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 96 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 124 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 118 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 128 | 23.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 152 | 25.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 154 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 179 | 25.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 172 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 26.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 89 | 19.6 | 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
- Caracas in MarchVenezuela · 8 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Baruta in MarchVenezuela · 9 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Guarenas in MarchVenezuela · 21 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Guatire in MarchVenezuela · 29 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Los Teques in MarchVenezuela · 29 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Santa Teresa del Tuy in MarchVenezuela · 31 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Cúa in MarchVenezuela · 36 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Ocumare del Tuy in MarchVenezuela · 40 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 37 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 Petare) is explained once on the Petare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.