Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaraza 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 Zaraza: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 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 Valle de La Pascua (76 km away). In March its highs average 34.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Zaraza, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Zaraza ranks 4th of 65 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 65 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 65 cities is 31.1°C; Zaraza is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 53 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
Zaraza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 7.4 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 35.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 15 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 53 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 134 | 15.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 164 | 20.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 187 | 24.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 193 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 139 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 118 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 76 | 14.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 28 | 6.4 | 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
- Valle de La Pascua in MarchVenezuela · 76 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Anaco in MarchVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 16 mm rain
- El Tigre in MarchVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 14 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MarchVenezuela · 137 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Cumaná in MarchVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Santa Teresa del Tuy in MarchVenezuela · 177 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Ocumare del Tuy in MarchVenezuela · 180 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Guatire in MarchVenezuela · 183 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 87 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 Zaraza) is explained once on the Zaraza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.