Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos del Zulia weather
in March.
A hot, wet 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 San Carlos del Zulia: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet 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 Ejido (91 km away, marked approximate). In March its highs average 24.8°C, 5.6°C cooler than San Carlos del Zulia, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Carlos del Zulia ranks 41st of 65 for the warmest March highs and 63rd of 65 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 65 cities is 31.1°C; San Carlos del Zulia is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 148 mm to 273 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
San Carlos del Zulia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 97 | 16.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 99 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 30.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 148 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 273 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 350 | 29.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 299 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 306 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 335 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 326 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 351 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 331 | 28.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 200 | 24.2 | 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
- Ejido (approximate) in MarchVenezuela · 91 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in MarchVenezuela · 96 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 215 mm rain
- San Timoteo in MarchVenezuela · 129 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Táriba in MarchVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Machiques in MarchVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Cúcuta in MarchColombia · 137 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Socopó in MarchVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in MarchVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 78 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 San Carlos del Zulia) is explained once on the San Carlos del Zulia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.