Cuauhtémoc weather in March

In March, Cuauhtémoc sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 8 mm of precipitation across 1.8 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Cuauhtémoc's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cuauhtémoc's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 8 mm; 1.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:23 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 7th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Cuauhtémoc is municipal seat of Cuauhtémoc, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Founded: 1948

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical March day in Cuauhtémoc reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How March really feels in Cuauhtémoc

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 1 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Cuauhtémoc weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 1°	12	2.5	0.5	10.4	5.9
Feb	18° / 2°	8	1.8	0.2	11	7.1
Mar	21° / 5°	8	1.8	0.1	11.8	8.0
Apr	24° / 8°	7	1.7	0	12.7	8.6
May	28° / 11°	11	2.3	0	13.4	7.6
Jun	30° / 15°	34	7.1	0	13.8	5.6
Jul	27° / 16°	119	16.6	0	13.6	5.6
Aug	26° / 15°	105	15.4	0	13	6.0
Sep	25° / 13°	71	11.4	0	12.2	6.9
Oct	23° / 9°	20	4.1	0	11.3	8.3
Nov	19° / 5°	14	2.2	0.2	10.6	7.8
Dec	16° / 1°	10	2.3	0.7	10.2	6.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	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 (%)	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	73	74	74
Cloudier (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Cuauhtémoc gets around 8 mm of rain and snow over 1.8 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 6% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

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

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.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:19 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)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:40	6:02
2	11.4	6:39	6:02
3	11.4	6:38	6:03
4	11.4	6:37	6:04
5	11.5	6:36	6:04
6	11.5	6:35	6:05
7	11.5	6:34	6:05
8	11.6	6:32	6:06
9	11.6	6:31	6:07
10	11.6	6:30	6:07
11	11.6	6:29	6:08
12	11.7	6:28	6:08
13	11.7	6:27	6:09
14	11.7	6:26	6:10
15	11.8	6:25	6:10
16	11.8	6:23	6:11
17	11.8	6:22	6:11
18	11.8	6:21	6:12
19	11.9	6:20	6:13
20	11.9	6:19	6:13
21	11.9	6:18	6:14
22	12.0	6:16	6:14
23	12.0	6:15	6:15
24	12.0	6:14	6:15
25	12.1	6:13	6:16
26	12.1	6:12	6:16
27	12.1	6:10	6:17
28	12.1	6:09	6:18
29	12.2	6:08	6:18
30	12.2	6:07	6:19
31	12.2	6:06	6:19

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.03 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 6.59 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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.4	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.5	Intense
17	6.6	Intense
18	6.7	Intense
19	6.7	Intense
20	6.7	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.8	Intense
23	6.9	Intense
24	6.9	Intense
25	7.0	Intense
26	7.0	Intense
27	7.0	Intense
28	7.1	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.2	Intense
31	7.2	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Cuauhtémoc?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Cuauhtémoc in March

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

In March, Cuauhtémoc sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 5°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Cuauhtémoc in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cuauhtémoc peaks around June 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (moderate).

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)	6	7	10	12	13	13	13	12	11	8	6	5
Level	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	7	High
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	12	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Cuauhtémoc?

Cuauhtémoc sits at 28.4°N, 106.9°W, 2,086 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Chihuahua, 80 km away.

Topography around Cuauhtémoc

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cuauhtémoc has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m around an average of 2,060 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,664 m.

The land around Cuauhtémoc is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, grassland (37%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), shrubs (33%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

183 m

artificial surfaces 62%

16 km

594 m

grassland 37%

80 km

1,664 m

grassland 35%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

March weather nearby: Chihuahua 80 km · Juan Aldama 105 km · Pedro Meoqui 137 km · Ciudad Delicias 139 km · Madera 152 km · Santa Rosalía de Camargo 185 km · Hidalgo del Parral 202 km · José Mariano Jiménez 238 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

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 Cuauhtémoc (28.4063°, -106.8667°, elevation 2,086 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. 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	19	3
2	19	3
3	19	3
4	19	3
5	19	4
6	19	4
7	19	4
8	19	4
9	20	4
10	20	4
11	20	4
12	20	4
13	20	4
14	20	4
15	20	5
16	20	5
17	21	5
18	21	5
19	21	5
20	21	5
21	21	5
22	21	5
23	22	5
24	22	5
25	22	6
26	22	6
27	22	6
28	22	6
29	22	6
30	22	6
31	22	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100