Salento weather in March

In March, Salento sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 1000 mm of rain across 30.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Salento's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salento's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
11°
10th coldest
Rainfall
1000 mm
30.5 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:13 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
92%
4th clearest
Wind
3 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10
Founded
1842

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical March day in Salento reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Salento weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 10°66330.511.83.2
Feb19° / 10°73827.411.83.1
Mar19° / 11°100030.5123.1
Apr19° / 11°115029.912.13.0
May19° / 11°127930.912.23.0
Jun18° / 11°15123012.32.9
Jul18° / 10°15983112.22.9
Aug18° / 10°14753112.23.0
Sep19° / 10°119230123.0
Oct19° / 11°95430.611.93.0
Nov19° / 11°83229.511.83.0
Dec19° / 10°80830.711.73.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 97%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2496
3397
4397
5397
6397
7397
8397
9397
10397
11397
12397
13397
14298
15298
16298
17298
18298
19298
20298
21298
22298
23298
24298
25298
26298
27298
28298
29298
30298
31298

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Salento gets around 1000 mm of rain over 30.5 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 98% and peaks near 99% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
198
298
398
498
598
698
798
898
998
1098
1198
1298
1398
1498
1598
1698
1798
1898
1998
2098
2198
2298
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2499
2599
2699
2799
2899
2999
3099
3199

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 76% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
18119
28020
38020
47921
57921
67921
77921
87921
97921
107921
117921
127921
137921
147921
157921
167921
177921
187822
197822
207723
217624
227525
237426
247327
257228
267030
276931
286832
296733
306634
316535

Wind in March

Winds average 3 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
13calm
23calm
33calm
43calm
53calm
63calm
73calm
83calm
93calm
103calm
113calm
123calm
133calm
143calm
153calm
163calm
173calm
183calm
193calm
203calm
213calm
223calm
233calm
243calm
253calm
263calm
273calm
283calm
293calm
303calm
313calm

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 6:18 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:186:13
211.96:186:13
311.96:186:13
411.96:176:12
511.96:176:12
611.96:176:12
711.96:166:12
811.96:166:12
911.96:166:12
1011.96:156:12
1111.96:156:12
1212.06:156:12
1312.06:146:11
1412.06:146:11
1512.06:136:11
1612.06:136:11
1712.06:126:11
1812.06:126:11
1912.06:126:10
2012.06:116:10
2112.06:116:10
2212.06:106:10
2312.06:106:10
2412.06:096:10
2512.06:096:09
2612.06:086:09
2712.06:086:09
2812.06:086:09
2912.06:076:09
3012.06:076:08
3112.06:066:08

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in August across the year — March's 4.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
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95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
164.9Bright
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284.7Bright
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304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Salento?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Salento.

What to pack for Salento in March

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

In March, Salento sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 31 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Salento in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Salento peaks around February 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 12 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 16Dec 13UV 12
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Salento 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 Salento is worst in March — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (July, 19 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1534 µg/m³Jul 1519 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar35Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Salento?

Salento sits at 4.6°N, 75.6°W, 0 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Circasia, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Salento

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salento has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 855 m around an average of 1,957 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,982 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,020 m.

The land around Salento is covered by trees (63%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
855 m
16 km
2,982 m
80 km
5,020 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Circasia 8.0 km · Calarcá 14 km · Armenia 16 km · Quimbaya 21 km · Montenegro 22 km · Pereira 24 km · Dosquebradas 25 km · Santa Rosa de Cabal 26 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 Salento (4.6375°, -75.5703°, elevation 0 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).