Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in San Carlos: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 Tinaquillo (42 km away). In March its highs average 32.4°C, 2.4°C cooler than San Carlos, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Carlos ranks 5th of 65 for the warmest March highs and joint 28th of 65 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 65 cities is 31.1°C; San Carlos is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 106 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 9.1 | 2.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 7.8 | 1.9 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 34.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 26 | 4.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 106 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 194 | 22.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 193 | 24.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 180 | 26.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 157 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 130 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 126 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 96 | 16.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 38 | 6.7 | 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
- Tinaquillo in MarchVenezuela · 42 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Chivacoa in MarchVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Acarigua in MarchVenezuela · 68 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Yaritagua in MarchVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 25 mm rain
- San Felipe in MarchVenezuela · 77 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in MarchVenezuela · 82 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Cabudare in MarchVenezuela · 84 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Valencia, Venezuela in MarchVenezuela · 85 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 111 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) is explained once on the San Carlos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.