Palmarito Tochapan weather in March

In March, Palmarito Tochapan sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 23 mm of rain across 5.2 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 24°C through the month. 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Palmarito Tochapan's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palmarito Tochapan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
5.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:44 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
33%
4th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Palmarito Tochapan is town in Quecholac Municipality, State of Puebla, 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 24°C through the month.

A typical March day in Palmarito Tochapan reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 1°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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4238
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Palmarito Tochapan 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
Jan21° / 102.1118.1
Feb22° / 91.911.48.5
Mar24° / 235.211.98.3
Apr25° / 11°5110.112.47.1
May24° / 12°10717.612.95.9
Jun23° / 12°18118.613.15.4
Jul23° / 11°11915.5135.9
Aug23° / 11°1381712.65.7
Sep22° / 12°16817.812.15.3
Oct22° / 11°741111.66.6
Nov22° / 21411.17.9
Dec21° / 61.310.98.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18713
28713
38614
48614
58515
68515
78416
88416
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108218
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318020

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Palmarito Tochapan gets around 23 mm of rain over 5.2 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 16% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3021
3122

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 9 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

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
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
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219calm
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249calm
259calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 6:56 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:566:32
211.66:556:32
311.66:546:32
411.66:546:33
511.76:536:33
611.76:526:33
711.76:516:34
811.76:516:34
911.76:506:34
1011.86:496:35
1111.86:486:35
1211.86:486:35
1311.86:476:35
1411.86:466:36
1511.86:456:36
1611.96:446:36
1711.96:436:36
1811.96:436:37
1911.96:426:37
2011.96:416:37
2112.06:406:37
2212.06:396:38
2312.06:386:38
2412.06:376:38
2512.06:366:38
2612.16:366:39
2712.16:356:39
2812.16:346:39
2912.16:336:39
3012.16:326:40
3112.16:316:40

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.76 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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66.6Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Palmarito Tochapan

In seasonPeak

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

Palmarito Tochapan'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 Palmarito Tochapan?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Palmarito Tochapan in March

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

In March, Palmarito Tochapan sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Palmarito Tochapan 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 Palmarito Tochapan peaks around April 11 at about 15 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 11UV 15Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May9Very high
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Palmarito Tochapan 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 Palmarito Tochapan is worst in May — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (January, 20 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateMay 1737 µg/m³Jan 2220 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May38Poor
Jun30Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Palmarito Tochapan?

Palmarito Tochapan sits at 18.9°N, 97.6°W, 2,157 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Tecamachalco, 10 km away.

Topography around Palmarito Tochapan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palmarito Tochapan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 2,161 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 942 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,071 m.

The land around Palmarito Tochapan is covered by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, shrubs (33%), cropland (32%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (33%), trees (26%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
942 m
80 km
5,071 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Tecamachalco 10 km · Acatzingo 18 km · Los Reyes de Juárez 18 km · Ciudad Serdán 22 km · San Salvador El Seco 26 km · Tepeaca 28 km · Acajete 40 km · Tepatlaxco de Hidalgo 40 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 Palmarito Tochapan (18.9014°, -97.6383°, elevation 2,157 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).