Climate averages 1991–2020
Punto Fijo weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th 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 Punto Fijo: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coro (65 km away). In March its highs average 32.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Punto Fijo, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Punto Fijo ranks 40th of 65 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 65 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 65 cities is 31.1°C; Punto Fijo is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.1 mm to 10 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
Punto Fijo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 30.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 28 | 3.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 32.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 9.0 | 1.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 5.6 | 0.8 | 12.713 h |
| August | 33.0°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 14 | 3.0 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.6°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 50 | 8.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 74 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 63 | 10.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 18 | 4.1 | 11.511 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
- Coro in MarchVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Oranjestad in MarchAruba · 94 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Willemstad in MarchCuracao · 151 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Carora in MarchVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in MarchVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Maracaibo in MarchVenezuela · 193 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Cabimas in MarchVenezuela · 198 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in MarchVenezuela · 203 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 25 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 Punto Fijo) is explained once on the Punto Fijo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.