Crucecita weather in March

In March, Crucecita sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 21 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Crucecita's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Crucecita's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
21 mm
4.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:37 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
25%
3rd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

Crucecita is town in Huatulco Municipality, State of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical March day in Crucecita reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Crucecita

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Crucecita weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 22°163.911.28.0
Feb28° / 22°123.211.57.8
Mar29° / 23°214.211.97.0
Apr29° / 24°306.112.36.2
May29° / 25°15718.512.74.5
Jun28° / 24°45024.812.93.7
Jul28° / 25°28225.812.83.6
Aug28° / 25°34927.112.53.6
Sep28° / 24°54827.212.13.6
Oct28° / 24°44325.711.64.1
Nov28° / 23°11313.911.36.1
Dec27° / 22°245.511.17.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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

Any precipitation

Crucecita gets around 21 mm of rain over 4.2 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 13% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days.

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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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 77% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
114265712
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614225815
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Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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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 6:48 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:486:28
211.76:476:28
311.76:476:28
411.76:466:29
511.76:456:29
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2012.06:346:32
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2712.16:296:33
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3112.16:266:33

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.53 kWh/m² to a high of 6.91 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.62 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 Crucecita

In seasonPeak

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

Crucecita sits in the eastern Pacific hurricane zone; the season peaks August–September.

Crucecita's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is March a good time to visit Crucecita?

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

7.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Crucecita for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Crucecita in March

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

In March, Crucecita sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Crucecita in March

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in July at about 30°C and coldest in January near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr28Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Crucecita in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Crucecita peaks around August 18 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 highAug 18UV 12Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Crucecita 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 Crucecita is worst in July — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.0× the cleanest month (February, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1825 µg/m³Feb 96 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb6Good
Mar9Good
Apr15Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Crucecita?

Crucecita sits at 15.8°N, 96.1°W, 37 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, 79 km away.

Topography around Crucecita

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Crucecita has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m around an average of 57 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 897 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,707 m.

The land around Crucecita is covered by trees (65%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and water (39%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
157 m
16 km
897 m
80 km
3,707 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz 79 km · Puerto Escondido 100 km · Salina Cruz 110 km · Santo Domingo Tehuantepec 114 km · Ocotlán de Morelos 128 km · Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza 140 km · Ixtepec 141 km · San Antonio de la Cal 153 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 Crucecita (15.7689°, -96.135°, elevation 37 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).