Puerto López weather in March

In March, Puerto López sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 183 mm of rain across 17.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Puerto López's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto López's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
23°
11th coldest
Rainfall
183 mm
17.5 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:02 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
78%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Puerto López reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°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 Puerto López

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
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.

Puerto López weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°315.111.83.7
Feb34° / 24°717.611.93.2
Mar32° / 23°18317.5123.0
Apr31° / 23°37826.812.12.7
May30° / 23°39928.212.22.8
Jun29° / 22°35628.312.23.0
Jul28° / 22°32627.612.23.3
Aug29° / 22°24826.112.13.3
Sep30° / 22°24626122.9
Oct31° / 23°25527.311.92.7
Nov31° / 23°2092411.83.0
Dec31° / 23°8711.711.84.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22476
32476
42476
52476
62278
72278
82278
92278
102179
112278
122179
132179
142179
152080
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311387

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Puerto López gets around 183 mm of rain over 17.5 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 56% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
142
243
344
445
546
647
748
848
949
1049
1150
1250
1351
1452
1553
1654
1755
1856
1958
2059
2160
2262
2364
2465
2567
2668
2770
2872
2973
3075
3176

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
141630491
241429521
341329531
431229542
531129552
631029562
73929572
83929572
93828592
103728602
112728612
122628622
132628622
142527642
152527642
162426662
171426672
181425682
191324702
201324702
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231321732
241220743
250218773
260217783
270216784
280215794
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Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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126calm
136calm
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265calm
275calm
285calm
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:086:03
211.96:076:02
311.96:076:02
411.96:076:02
511.96:066:02
611.96:066:02
711.96:066:02
811.96:056:02
911.96:056:02
1011.96:056:02
1112.06:046:01
1212.06:046:01
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2812.05:575:58
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.04 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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245.3Bright
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265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Puerto López

In seasonPeak

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

Puerto López's rainy season runs March–November, 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 Puerto López?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Puerto López.

What to pack for Puerto López in March

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

In March, Puerto López sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Puerto López in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Puerto López peaks around February 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 13UV 13Dec 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Puerto López 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 Puerto López is worst in March — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1735 µg/m³Dec 1416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr27Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Puerto López?

Puerto López sits at 4.1°N, 73.0°W, 180 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Restrepo, 69 km away.

TauramenaAguazulBogota

Topography around Puerto López

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto López has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 177 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,214 m.

The land around Puerto López is covered by grassland (57%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
102 m
80 km
3,214 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Restrepo 69 km · Villavicencio 74 km · Acacías 90 km · San Martín 94 km · Granada 103 km · Tauramena 105 km · Aguazul 128 km · Bogota 137 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
Roman Catholic 64%Protestant 17%none 14%atheist 1%

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 Puerto López (4.0991°, -72.9565°, elevation 180 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).