Calpulalpan weather in March

In March, Calpulalpan sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 36 mm of rain across 7.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-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 55% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Calpulalpan's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Calpulalpan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Rainfall
36 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:48 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
39%
4th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Calpulalpan is municipal seat of Calpulalpan, State of Tlaxcala, Mexico.

Density
3,333/km²
people per km²
Founded
1608

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 23°C through the month.

A typical March day in Calpulalpan reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and on par with April.

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Calpulalpan weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 184.110.97.4
Feb21° / 184.511.37.8
Mar23° / 367.911.97.5
Apr24° / 6612.712.46.7
May23° / 10°8214.412.96.4
Jun22° / 11°12616.313.25.6
Jul22° / 11°10317.413.15.3
Aug22° / 11°10717.712.75.3
Sep21° / 11°12617.812.15.1
Oct21° / 6510.411.56.3
Nov21° / 265.111.17.4
Dec20° / 122.510.87.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28119
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67921
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Calpulalpan gets around 36 mm of rain over 7.9 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 26% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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1125
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2028
2128
2228
2329
2429
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2731
2831
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3032
3133

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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48calm
58calm
68calm
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98calm
108calm
118calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 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 30 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.67:006:35
211.66:596:35
311.66:596:36
411.66:586:36
511.76:576:36
611.76:566:37
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811.76:556:37
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1611.96:486:40
1711.96:476:40
1811.96:466:40
1911.96:456:41
2011.96:456:41
2112.06:446:41
2212.06:436:41
2312.06:426:42
2412.06:416:42
2512.06:406:42
2612.16:396:42
2712.16:386:43
2812.16:376:43
2912.16:376:43
3012.16:366:43
3112.16:356:44

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.7 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Calpulalpan

In seasonPeak

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

Calpulalpan'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 Calpulalpan?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Calpulalpan for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Calpulalpan in March

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

In March, Calpulalpan sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesa warm layer

UV index in Calpulalpan 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 Calpulalpan peaks around April 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 12UV 14Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun15Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Calpulalpan 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 Calpulalpan is worst in December — around 165 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyDec 13163 µg/m³Aug 15114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan137Unhealthy
Feb131Unhealthy
Mar122Unhealthy
Apr120Unhealthy
May143Unhealthy
Jun121Unhealthy
Jul118Unhealthy
Aug113Unhealthy
Sep120Unhealthy
Oct121Unhealthy
Nov155Very unhealthy
Dec165Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Calpulalpan?

Calpulalpan sits at 19.6°N, 98.6°W, 2,592 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Apan, 18 km away.

Topography around Calpulalpan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Calpulalpan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m around an average of 2,581 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,119 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,991 m.

The land around Calpulalpan is covered by cropland (71%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (32%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
189 m
16 km
1,119 m
80 km
3,991 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Apan 18 km · Ciudad Sahagun 21 km · Tepeapulco 22 km · Teotihuacan 32 km · Teotihuacán de Arista 32 km · Tulantongo 33 km · Texcoco de Mora 34 km · Chiconcuac 35 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 54% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,889
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 440
Religion
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 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 Calpulalpan (19.5887°, -98.5697°, elevation 2,592 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).