Jacona de Plancarte weather in March

In March, Jacona de Plancarte sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Jacona de Plancarte's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jacona de Plancarte's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 14 mm; 2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 7:03 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 1st clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Jacona de Plancarte is municipal seat of Jacona, State of Michoacán, Mexico.

Founded: 1555

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 27°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical March day in Jacona de Plancarte reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 2°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Jacona de Plancarte weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 8°	19	2.8	10.9	8.4
Feb	25° / 9°	15	2.4	11.3	8.5
Mar	27° / 10°	14	2	11.9	8.0
Apr	29° / 12°	7	2.2	12.4	6.5
May	30° / 14°	41	8.5	12.9	5.3
Jun	28° / 15°	191	20.6	13.2	4.5
Jul	25° / 15°	285	27.3	13.1	4.1
Aug	25° / 15°	263	26.2	12.7	4.2
Sep	25° / 14°	223	22.9	12.1	4.6
Oct	25° / 13°	90	12.1	11.5	6.5
Nov	25° / 10°	24	4.2	11.1	8.2
Dec	24° / 8°	9	1.8	10.8	8.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in March, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

	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 (%)	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	78	78	77	76
Cloudier (%)	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	22	22	23	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Jacona de Plancarte gets around 14 mm of rain over 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 7% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

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 7 km/h in March.

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.

	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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 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 36 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:59 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)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50
Sunset (PM)	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:15	6:50
2	11.6	7:15	6:50
3	11.6	7:14	6:50
4	11.6	7:13	6:51
5	11.6	7:12	6:51
6	11.7	7:11	6:51
7	11.7	7:11	6:52
8	11.7	7:10	6:52
9	11.7	7:09	6:52
10	11.7	7:08	6:53
11	11.8	7:07	6:53
12	11.8	7:07	6:53
13	11.8	7:06	6:54
14	11.8	7:05	6:54
15	11.8	7:04	6:54
16	11.9	7:03	6:55
17	11.9	7:02	6:55
18	11.9	7:01	6:55
19	11.9	7:00	6:56
20	11.9	7:00	6:56
21	12.0	6:59	6:56
22	12.0	6:58	6:56
23	12.0	6:57	6:57
24	12.0	6:56	6:57
25	12.0	6:55	6:57
26	12.1	6:54	6:57
27	12.1	6:53	6:58
28	12.1	6:52	6:58
29	12.1	6:51	6:58
30	12.1	6:51	6:58
31	12.2	6:50	6:59

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 7.41 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.85 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3
Level	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	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.4	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.6	Intense
8	6.6	Intense
9	6.6	Intense
10	6.7	Intense
11	6.7	Intense
12	6.7	Intense
13	6.7	Intense
14	6.8	Intense
15	6.8	Intense
16	6.8	Intense
17	6.9	Intense
18	6.9	Intense
19	6.9	Intense
20	7.0	Intense
21	7.0	Intense
22	7.0	Intense
23	7.0	Intense
24	7.1	Intense
25	7.1	Intense
26	7.1	Intense
27	7.2	Intense
28	7.2	Intense
29	7.2	Intense
30	7.2	Intense
31	7.3	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Jacona de Plancarte

In seasonPeak

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

Jacona de Plancarte's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Jacona de Plancarte?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Jacona de Plancarte in March

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

In March, Jacona de Plancarte sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 10°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Jacona de Plancarte in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jacona de Plancarte peaks around June 9 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (very high).

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)	9	11	13	13	14	14	12	13	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Jacona de Plancarte 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 Jacona de Plancarte is worst in May — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	23	20	21	31	31	17	17	16	18	16	20	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	31	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Jacona de Plancarte?

Jacona de Plancarte sits at 20.0°N, 102.3°W, 1,599 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Zamora de Hidalgo, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Jacona de Plancarte

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jacona de Plancarte has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m around an average of 1,595 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,225 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,387 m.

The land around Jacona de Plancarte is covered by artificial surfaces (30%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (30%), shrubs (27%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

194 m

artificial surfaces 30%

16 km

1,225 m

cropland 30%

80 km

3,387 m

trees 39%

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← February Jacona de Plancarte year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Zamora de Hidalgo 4.0 km · Tangancícuaro de Arista 13 km · Purépero de Echáiz 32 km · Yurécuaro 43 km · Jiquilpan de Juárez 43 km · Paracho de Verduzco 44 km · Sahuayo de Morelos 44 km · Los Reyes de Salgado 45 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 Jacona de Plancarte (19.9563°, -102.3056°, elevation 1,599 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	76	24

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	76	24

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	76	24

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

	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