Santuario weather in March

In March, Santuario sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 268 mm of rain across 27.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in March, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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

Daytime high: 23°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 268 mm; 27.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:12 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 4th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Santuario is human settlement in Colombia.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical March day in Santuario reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Santuario weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 14°	141	21.3	11.7	4.9
Feb	23° / 14°	157	22.3	11.8	4.4
Mar	23° / 14°	268	27.1	12	4.0
Apr	23° / 15°	319	26.1	12.1	3.9
May	24° / 15°	272	24.9	12.3	4.3
Jun	24° / 14°	105	17.3	12.3	5.3
Jul	24° / 14°	69	12.3	12.3	6.1
Aug	25° / 14°	89	13.9	12.2	5.8
Sep	24° / 14°	176	21.4	12	4.7
Oct	23° / 14°	332	27.7	11.9	3.8
Nov	23° / 14°	369	28.5	11.7	3.6
Dec	23° / 14°	220	23.8	11.7	4.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	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 (%)	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6
Cloudier (%)	84	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	89	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Santuario gets around 268 mm of rain over 27.1 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 87% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	90

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the comfortable band about 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comfortable (%)	68	68	68	69	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	65	65	64	63	62	62	62	61	60	59	58	57	57	56	55	55	54	53	52
Humid (%)	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	47	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	68	29
2	3	68	29
3	3	68	29
4	2	69	29
5	2	68	30
6	2	68	30
7	2	67	31
8	2	67	31
9	2	67	31
10	2	66	32
11	2	66	32
12	1	66	33
13	1	65	34
14	1	65	34
15	1	64	35
16	1	63	36
17	1	62	37
18	0	62	38
19	0	62	38
20	0	61	39
21	0	60	40
22	0	59	41
23	0	58	42
24	0	57	43
25	0	57	43
26	0	56	44
27	0	55	45
28	0	55	45
29	0	54	46
30	0	53	47
31	0	52	48

Wind in March

Winds average 4 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
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6	4	calm
7	4	calm
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10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
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14	4	calm
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29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:07 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)	11.9	11.9	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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	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	6:06	6:05	6:05
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07

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

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in August across the year — March's 5.27 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
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18	5.3	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Santuario?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

3.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Santuario for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santuario in March

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

In March, Santuario sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Santuario in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santuario peaks around February 21 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	16	16	12	14	12	13	13	14	14	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Santuario 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 Santuario is worst in March — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (October, 17 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)	19	25	33	24	20	18	18	21	18	17	17	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Santuario?

Santuario sits at 6.1°N, 75.3°W, 2,119 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Marinilla, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Santuario

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santuario has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 396 m around an average of 2,205 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,760 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,330 m.

The land around Santuario is covered by grassland (65%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

396 m

grassland 65%

16 km

1,760 m

grassland 58%

80 km

3,330 m

trees 62%

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

March weather nearby: Marinilla 9.0 km · Carmen de Viboral 10 km · Rionegro 12 km · San Vicente 18 km · La Unión 21 km · La Ceja 22 km · Retiro 28 km · Barbosa 34 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 Santuario (6.1383°, -75.2642°, elevation 2,119 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	23	14
2	23	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14
31	23	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	68	29
2	3	68	29
3	3	68	29
4	2	69	29
5	2	68	30
6	2	68	30
7	2	67	31
8	2	67	31
9	2	67	31
10	2	66	32
11	2	66	32
12	1	66	33
13	1	65	34
14	1	65	34
15	1	64	35
16	1	63	36
17	1	62	37
18	0	62	38
19	0	62	38
20	0	61	39
21	0	60	40
22	0	59	41
23	0	58	42
24	0	57	43
25	0	57	43
26	0	56	44
27	0	55	45
28	0	55	45
29	0	54	46
30	0	53	47
31	0	52	48

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	68	29
2	3	68	29
3	3	68	29
4	2	69	29
5	2	68	30
6	2	68	30
7	2	67	31
8	2	67	31
9	2	67	31
10	2	66	32
11	2	66	32
12	1	66	33
13	1	65	34
14	1	65	34
15	1	64	35
16	1	63	36
17	1	62	37
18	0	62	38
19	0	62	38
20	0	61	39
21	0	60	40
22	0	59	41
23	0	58	42
24	0	57	43
25	0	57	43
26	0	56	44
27	0	55	45
28	0	55	45
29	0	54	46
30	0	53	47
31	0	52	48

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	85
5	85
6	85
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	68	29
2	3	68	29
3	3	68	29
4	2	69	29
5	2	68	30
6	2	68	30
7	2	67	31
8	2	67	31
9	2	67	31
10	2	66	32
11	2	66	32
12	1	66	33
13	1	65	34
14	1	65	34
15	1	64	35
16	1	63	36
17	1	62	37
18	0	62	38
19	0	62	38
20	0	61	39
21	0	60	40
22	0	59	41
23	0	58	42
24	0	57	43
25	0	57	43
26	0	56	44
27	0	55	45
28	0	55	45
29	0	54	46
30	0	53	47
31	0	52	48