Climate averages 1991–2020
Upata weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Upata: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Guayana (45 km away). In March its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as Upata, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Upata ranks 29th of 65 for the warmest March highs and joint 20th of 65 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 65 cities is 31.1°C; Upata is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 46 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
Upata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 36 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 24 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 31.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 23 | 5.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 46 | 7.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 103 | 15.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 140 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 162 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 154 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 103 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 94 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 94 | 16.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 63 | 14.5 | 11.712 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
- Ciudad Guayana in MarchVenezuela · 45 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Tucupita in MarchVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in MarchVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Maturín in MarchVenezuela · 210 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 28 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MarchVenezuela · 216 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 14 mm rain
- El Tigre in MarchVenezuela · 225 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Anaco in MarchVenezuela · 275 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Carúpano in MarchVenezuela · 309 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°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 Upata) is explained once on the Upata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.