San Martín weather in March

In March, San Martín sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 151 mm of rain across 15.8 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

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

Daytime high
30°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
151 mm
15.8 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:05 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
78%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

San Martín is village in Meta, Colombia.

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 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in San Martín reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 1°C warmer than April.

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San Martín 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
Jan30° / 20°367.311.85.2
Feb31° / 20°578.911.94.6
Mar30° / 20°15115.8124.2
Apr28° / 20°27624.312.13.6
May28° / 20°35127.312.23.7
Jun27° / 19°35627.112.23.7
Jul26° / 19°36827.512.23.9
Aug27° / 19°2362512.14.1
Sep28° / 19°17322.8123.9
Oct29° / 20°16822.311.93.8
Nov29° / 20°16019.511.84.2
Dec29° / 20°6211.411.85.1

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 10% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

San Martín gets around 151 mm of rain over 15.8 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 52% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 56% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
142038380
241938390
341837401
441737421
541736431
641636441
731635451
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241530622
251530613
261429633
270428644
280427654
290426655
300325675
310323686

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 4 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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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 6:10 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:106:06
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411.96:096:05
511.96:096:05
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1812.06:046:03
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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 5.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.35 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for San Martín

In seasonPeak

None of San Martín's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

San Martín's rainy season runs April–October, 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 San Martín?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit San Martín for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Martín in March

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

In March, San Martín sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in San Martín 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 San Martín peaks around February 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 13UV 14Dec 13UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in San Martín 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 San Martín is worst in March — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1932 µg/m³Jul 1817 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is San Martín?

San Martín sits at 3.7°N, 73.7°W, 425 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Granada, 17 km away.

SibatéSilvania

Topography around San Martín

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Martín has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 420 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 429 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,026 m.

The land around San Martín is covered by grassland (68%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (48%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
429 m
80 km
4,026 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Granada 17 km · Acacías 33 km · Villavicencio 49 km · Restrepo 64 km · Puerto López 94 km · Fusagasugá 102 km · Sibaté 108 km · Silvania 110 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 San Martín (3.6964°, -73.6996°, elevation 425 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).