Sombrerete weather in March

In March, Sombrerete sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Sombrerete's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sombrerete's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 11 mm; 2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:09 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.4; out of 10

Sombrerete is town in Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, 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 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical March day in Sombrerete reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 3°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How March really feels in Sombrerete

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Sombrerete weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-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	18° / 3°	17	2.7	10.7	7.2
Feb	20° / 5°	11	2.1	11.2	7.8
Mar	22° / 6°	11	2	11.8	8.4
Apr	25° / 9°	7	1.8	12.5	8.4
May	27° / 12°	19	4.7	13.1	7.6
Jun	27° / 14°	81	10.3	13.4	6.6
Jul	24° / 13°	144	15.4	13.3	6.2
Aug	24° / 13°	113	14.9	12.8	6.2
Sep	23° / 12°	117	14.3	12.1	6.1
Oct	22° / 9°	37	5.4	11.4	7.7
Nov	21° / 6°	14	2.6	10.9	8.0
Dec	18° / 4°	9	1.8	10.6	7.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Sombrerete gets around 11 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 6% 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 (%)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4

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

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

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 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 42 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:23 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:05 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	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	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54
Sunset (PM)	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	7:23	6:52
2	11.5	7:22	6:53
3	11.5	7:22	6:53
4	11.6	7:21	6:54
5	11.6	7:20	6:54
6	11.6	7:19	6:55
7	11.6	7:18	6:55
8	11.6	7:17	6:56
9	11.7	7:16	6:56
10	11.7	7:15	6:57
11	11.7	7:14	6:57
12	11.7	7:13	6:57
13	11.8	7:12	6:58
14	11.8	7:11	6:58
15	11.8	7:10	6:59
16	11.8	7:09	6:59
17	11.9	7:08	7:00
18	11.9	7:07	7:00
19	11.9	7:06	7:00
20	11.9	7:05	7:01
21	11.9	7:04	7:01
22	12.0	7:03	7:02
23	12.0	7:02	7:02
24	12.0	7:01	7:02
25	12.0	7:00	7:03
26	12.1	6:59	7:03
27	12.1	6:58	7:03
28	12.1	6:57	7:04
29	12.1	6:56	7:04
30	12.2	6:55	7:05
31	12.2	6:54	7:05

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 7.75 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 6.92 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)	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4
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	6.7	Intense
10	6.7	Intense
11	6.7	Intense
12	6.8	Intense
13	6.8	Intense
14	6.8	Intense
15	6.9	Intense
16	6.9	Intense
17	7.0	Intense
18	7.0	Intense
19	7.0	Intense
20	7.1	Intense
21	7.1	Intense
22	7.1	Intense
23	7.2	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.2	Intense
26	7.3	Intense
27	7.3	Intense
28	7.3	Intense
29	7.4	Intense
30	7.4	Intense
31	7.4	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Sombrerete

In seasonPeak

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

Sombrerete's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Sombrerete?

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

8.4

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sombrerete in March

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

In March, Sombrerete sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 6°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and a warm layer.

sun protectionlight clothesa warm layer

UV index in Sombrerete 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 Sombrerete peaks around May 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (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)	7	10	12	14	14	14	13	14	13	10	7	7
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

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

Location & terrain

Where is Sombrerete?

Sombrerete sits at 23.6°N, 103.6°W, 2,381 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Vicente Guerrero, 37 km away.

Topography around Sombrerete

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sombrerete has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 348 m around an average of 2,371 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,029 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,755 m.

The land around Sombrerete is covered by shrubs (37%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), shrubs (32%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (46%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

348 m

shrubs 37%

16 km

1,029 m

cropland 42%

80 km

1,755 m

shrubs 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

March weather nearby: Vicente Guerrero 37 km · Río Grande 66 km · Juan Aldama 78 km · Fresnillo 94 km · Guadalupe Victoria 103 km · Victoria de Durango 112 km · Víctor Rosales 122 km · Jerez de García Salinas 128 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 Sombrerete (23.6314°, -103.6413°, elevation 2,381 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	22	5
2	22	5
3	22	6
4	22	6
5	22	6
6	22	6
7	22	6
8	22	6
9	22	6
10	22	6
11	22	6
12	22	6
13	22	6
14	22	6
15	22	6
16	22	6
17	22	6
18	23	6
19	23	6
20	23	6
21	23	7
22	23	7
23	23	7
24	23	7
25	23	7
26	23	7
27	24	7
28	24	7
29	24	7
30	24	7
31	24	7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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