Pinillos weather in March

In March, Pinillos sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 102 mm of rain across 16.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in March, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Pinillos's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pinillos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 102 mm; 16.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:09 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 4th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical March day in Pinillos reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

How March really feels in Pinillos

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 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

31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Pinillos weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 26°	37	9.1	11.5	4.1
Feb	33° / 26°	42	8	11.7	3.6
Mar	33° / 26°	102	16.8	11.9	2.9
Apr	32° / 26°	228	26.4	12.2	2.3
May	32° / 26°	329	29.7	12.4	2.2
Jun	32° / 26°	279	27.7	12.5	2.3
Jul	32° / 25°	244	27.3	12.5	2.3
Aug	32° / 25°	287	28.3	12.3	2.3
Sep	31° / 25°	290	28.8	12.1	2.3
Oct	31° / 25°	298	30.1	11.8	2.4
Nov	31° / 25°	225	27.9	11.6	2.5
Dec	32° / 25°	103	19.9	11.5	3.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	53	51	51	49	49	48	48	46	46	44	43	43	42	41	40	39	38	38	36	36	35	33	32	31
Cloudier (%)	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	47	49	49	51	51	52	52	54	54	56	57	57	58	59	60	61	62	62	64	64	65	67	68	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	33	67
30	32	68
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Pinillos gets around 102 mm of rain over 16.8 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 55% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	37	38	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	48	49	50	51	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	62	63	64	65	66	68	69	70	71	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	40
4	41
5	42
6	43
7	44
8	45
9	46
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	53
15	54
16	55
17	56
18	57
19	58
20	59
21	60
22	62
23	63
24	64
25	65
26	66
27	68
28	69
29	70
30	71
31	72

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the miserable band about 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	26	25	25	24	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7
Miserable (%)	74	75	75	76	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	93

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	7	93

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:05 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:01
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:17	6:06
2	11.8	6:16	6:06
3	11.8	6:16	6:06
4	11.8	6:15	6:06
5	11.8	6:15	6:06
6	11.9	6:14	6:06
7	11.9	6:14	6:06
8	11.9	6:13	6:06
9	11.9	6:13	6:06
10	11.9	6:12	6:06
11	11.9	6:12	6:06
12	11.9	6:11	6:06
13	11.9	6:11	6:06
14	11.9	6:10	6:06
15	11.9	6:10	6:06
16	11.9	6:09	6:06
17	11.9	6:09	6:06
18	12.0	6:08	6:06
19	12.0	6:08	6:06
20	12.0	6:07	6:06
21	12.0	6:07	6:05
22	12.0	6:06	6:05
23	12.0	6:05	6:05
24	12.0	6:05	6:05
25	12.0	6:04	6:05
26	12.0	6:04	6:05
27	12.0	6:03	6:05
28	12.0	6:03	6:05
29	12.0	6:02	6:05
30	12.1	6:01	6:05
31	12.1	6:01	6:05

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.9 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in March across the year — March's 5.9 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Pinillos?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pinillos.

What to pack for Pinillos in March

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

In March, Pinillos sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pinillos in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pinillos peaks around June 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Pinillos 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 Pinillos is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.2× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	26	47	27	22	21	21	17	13	13	12	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	27	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Pinillos?

Pinillos sits at 8.9°N, 74.5°W, 19 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Sucre, 30 km away.

Topography around Pinillos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pinillos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,777 m.

The land around Pinillos is covered by grassland (48%) and wetland (23%) within 3 km, wetland (43%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

12 m

grassland 48%

16 km

63 m

wetland 43%

80 km

1,777 m

grassland 54%

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← February Pinillos year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Sucre 30 km · Mompós 36 km · Guamal 37 km · Tiquisio 46 km · Magangué 48 km · El Banco 55 km · San Benito Abad 61 km · Galeras 69 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,562; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 15.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 480
Religion

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 Pinillos (8.9192°, -74.4677°, elevation 19 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	33	67
30	32	68
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	40
4	41
5	42
6	43
7	44
8	45
9	46
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	53
15	54
16	55
17	56
18	57
19	58
20	59
21	60
22	62
23	63
24	64
25	65
26	66
27	68
28	69
29	70
30	71
31	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	7	93

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	33	67
30	32	68
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	40
4	41
5	42
6	43
7	44
8	45
9	46
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	53
15	54
16	55
17	56
18	57
19	58
20	59
21	60
22	62
23	63
24	64
25	65
26	66
27	68
28	69
29	70
30	71
31	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	7	93

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	33	67
30	32	68
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	40
4	41
5	42
6	43
7	44
8	45
9	46
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	53
15	54
16	55
17	56
18	57
19	58
20	59
21	60
22	62
23	63
24	64
25	65
26	66
27	68
28	69
29	70
30	71
31	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	7	93