Villamontes weather in March

In March, Villamontes sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 123 mm of rain across 13.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Villamontes's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villamontes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
123 mm
13.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:19 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
68%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Villamontes is city in Bolivia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical March day in Villamontes reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Villamontes

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 15 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
15
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Villamontes weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°17316.513.13.0
Feb31° / 21°16414.312.73.7
Mar30° / 20°12313.912.24.4
Apr28° / 18°601011.56.0
May25° / 15°276.5117.3
Jun24° / 13°154.610.77.9
Jul24° / 11°133.410.88.2
Aug28° / 13°72.111.37.4
Sep31° / 17°183.611.95.4
Oct32° / 19°54912.53.9
Nov33° / 20°10111.5133.4
Dec33° / 21°14714.713.33.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23664
33664
43664
53565
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113763
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Villamontes gets around 123 mm of rain over 13.9 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 45% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
144
244
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3140

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 44% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 77% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
101164142
201154142
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Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:14 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:136:41
212.46:146:40
312.46:146:39
412.46:156:38
512.46:156:38
612.46:156:37
712.36:166:36
812.36:166:35
912.36:176:34
1012.36:176:33
1112.36:176:33
1212.26:186:32
1312.26:186:31
1412.26:186:30
1512.26:196:29
1612.26:196:28
1712.16:196:27
1812.16:206:26
1912.16:206:25
2012.16:206:24
2112.06:216:23
2212.06:216:23
2312.06:216:22
2412.06:226:21
2512.06:226:20
2611.96:226:19
2711.96:226:18
2811.96:236:17
2911.96:236:16
3011.96:236:15
3111.86:246:14

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 4.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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124.8Bright
134.8Bright
144.7Bright
154.7Bright
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174.6Bright
184.6Bright
194.5Bright
204.5Bright
214.5Bright
224.4Bright
234.4Bright
244.4Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.2Bright
304.2Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Villamontes

In seasonPeak

In March, Villamontes sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Villamontes's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Villamontes?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Villamontes for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Villamontes in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Villamontes sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Villamontes in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Villamontes peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 20UV 15Jul 10UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Villamontes in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Villamontes is worst in October — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (May, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1417 µg/m³May 245 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr5Good
May5Good
Jun5Good
Jul5Good
Aug7Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Villamontes?

Villamontes sits at 21.3°S, 63.5°W, 388 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Yacuiba, 87 km away.

YacuibaProfesor Salvador MazzaTarijaCamiriTartagalGeneral MosconiBermejoEmbarcación

Topography around Villamontes

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Villamontes.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villamontes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 408 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,339 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,850 m.

The land around Villamontes is covered by trees (56%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
152 m
16 km
1,339 m
80 km
1,850 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Yacuiba 87 km · Profesor Salvador Mazza 90 km · Tarija 134 km · Camiri 136 km · Tartagal 144 km · General Mosconi 152 km · Bermejo 186 km · Embarcación 226 km

Bolivia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 40% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,148
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.4
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
21.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
Roman Catholic 65%Protestant 20%none 6%other 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Villamontes (-21.2624°, -63.469°, elevation 388 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).