Colomoncagua weather in March

In March, Colomoncagua sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 13 mm of rain across 3.3 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 57% of the time in March, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Colomoncagua's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Colomoncagua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
5th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
3.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:06 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
36%
4th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Colomoncagua is human settlement in Honduras.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Colomoncagua reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Colomoncagua

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 21 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
21
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.

Colomoncagua weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 18°20.611.36.8
Feb31° / 18°20.511.55.8
Mar32° / 19°133.311.94.8
Apr32° / 20°7610.612.34.1
May30° / 20°31924.412.63.4
Jun29° / 20°3472512.83.5
Jul29° / 20°2362012.74.0
Aug29° / 20°32223.812.53.6
Sep28° / 20°4172812.13.3
Oct28° / 20°34023.811.74.3
Nov28° / 19°648.411.46.6
Dec29° / 18°81.711.27.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Colomoncagua gets around 13 mm of rain over 3.3 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 11% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:155:58
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311.76:145:58
411.76:135:58
511.86:135:58
611.86:125:59
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2012.06:036:00
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2712.15:586:01
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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 6.34 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in March across the year — March's 6.34 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Colomoncagua

In seasonPeak

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

Colomoncagua's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Colomoncagua?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Colomoncagua for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Colomoncagua in March

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

In March, Colomoncagua sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Colomoncagua in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Colomoncagua peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 11UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Colomoncagua 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 Colomoncagua is worst in April — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 2128 µg/m³Dec 197 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Colomoncagua?

Colomoncagua sits at 13.9°N, 88.3°W, 945 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is San Francisco Gotera, 34 km away.

ErandiqueSensuntepequeSan MiguelSantiago de MaríaSan Rafael OrienteSan Vicente

Topography around Colomoncagua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Colomoncagua has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 729 m around an average of 774 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,472 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,817 m.

The land around Colomoncagua is covered by trees (81%) within 3 km, trees (75%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
729 m
16 km
1,472 m
80 km
2,817 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: San Francisco Gotera 34 km · Yamaranguila 37 km · Erandique 38 km · Sensuntepeque 38 km · San Miguel 53 km · Santiago de María 56 km · San Rafael Oriente 63 km · San Vicente 64 km

Honduras travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,598
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
66%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
31.4
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
16.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 553
Religion
Evangelical 55%Roman Catholic 33%none 10%

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 Colomoncagua (13.95°, -88.2833°, elevation 945 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).