Huixquilucan weather in March

In March, Huixquilucan sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 45 mm of rain across 8.6 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 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 Huixquilucan's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Huixquilucan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
8.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:51 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
40%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

Huixquilucan is municipal seat of Huixquilucan, State of México, 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 21°C through the month.

A typical March day in Huixquilucan 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 18°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 1°C cooler than April.

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Huixquilucan 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
Jan18° / 314.9116.9
Feb20° / 305.411.37.3
Mar21° / 458.611.97.1
Apr22° / 811212.46.6
May22° / 13316.912.95.7
Jun21° / 10°21020.713.14.7
Jul20° / 24226.413.13.9
Aug20° / 10°22925.612.74.0
Sep20° / 10°19522.612.14.2
Oct19° / 9514.111.65.5
Nov19° / 427.411.16.6
Dec18° / 20410.97.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Huixquilucan gets around 45 mm of rain over 8.6 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 28% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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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Wind in March

Winds average 7 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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
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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 7:03 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.67:036:38
211.67:026:39
311.67:026:39
411.67:016:39
511.77:006:40
611.76:596:40
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1911.96:496:44
2011.96:486:44
2112.06:476:44
2212.06:466:45
2312.06:456:45
2412.06:446:45
2512.06:436:45
2612.16:426:46
2712.16:426:46
2812.16:416:46
2912.16:406:46
3012.16:396:47
3112.16:386:47

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.92 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.69 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 Huixquilucan

In seasonPeak

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

Huixquilucan's monsoon runs May–September, 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 Huixquilucan?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Huixquilucan in March

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

In March, Huixquilucan sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 5°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Huixquilucan 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 Huixquilucan peaks around April 9 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 9UV 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Huixquilucan 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 Huixquilucan is worst in December — around 179 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyDec 11178 µg/m³Apr 14115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan149Unhealthy
Feb141Unhealthy
Mar126Unhealthy
Apr113Unhealthy
May134Unhealthy
Jun126Unhealthy
Jul135Unhealthy
Aug127Unhealthy
Sep136Unhealthy
Oct137Unhealthy
Nov174Very unhealthy
Dec179Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Huixquilucan?

Huixquilucan sits at 19.4°N, 99.4°W, 2,712 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Lorenzo Acopilco, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Huixquilucan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Huixquilucan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 591 m around an average of 2,807 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,574 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,301 m.

The land around Huixquilucan is covered by trees (70%) within 3 km, trees (64%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and trees (37%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
591 m
16 km
1,574 m
80 km
4,301 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: San Lorenzo Acopilco 4.0 km · Jesús del Monte 6.0 km · Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos 6.0 km · Magdalena Contreras 15 km · Ocoyoacac 15 km · Álvaro Obregón 15 km · Naucalpan de Juárez 18 km · Miguel Hidalgo 18 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 Huixquilucan (19.3599°, -99.3502°, elevation 2,712 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).