Tecax weather in March

In March, Tecax sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Tecax's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tecax's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
5th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:11 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
40%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Tecax is city in Yucatan, Mexico.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical March day in Tecax reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Tecax

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Tecax weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 18°224.510.96.0
Feb32° / 19°102.511.35.1
Mar34° / 20°132.611.93.8
Apr36° / 22°274.612.42.6
May36° / 24°527.612.92.1
Jun35° / 24°11615.913.22.3
Jul35° / 24°7716.313.12.2
Aug35° / 24°9817.912.72.1
Sep34° / 24°13519.912.12.4
Oct32° / 22°9614.211.53.6
Nov31° / 20°326.5115.1
Dec30° / 19°204.210.85.9

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 21% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37822
47723
57723
67624
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Tecax gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.6 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 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
17
28
38
48
58
68
79
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99
109
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149
159
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209
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3111

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 54% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
191326485
291326475
391326475
491426475
591426465
691427465
791427455
891427455
991427455
1091428446
1181428446
1281428446
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1481328446
1581329446
1671329447
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2061328458
2161228458
2251228468
2351228479
2451127489
25511274810
26410264910
2749255111
2849255012
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
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3112light breeze

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 6:23 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:07 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:235:57
211.66:235:58
311.66:225:58
411.66:215:59
511.66:205:59
611.76:205:59
711.76:196:00
811.76:186:00
911.76:176:00
1011.76:166:01
1111.86:156:01
1211.86:156:01
1311.86:146:02
1411.86:136:02
1511.86:126:02
1611.96:116:02
1711.96:106:03
1811.96:096:03
1911.96:086:03
2011.96:086:04
2112.06:076:04
2212.06:066:04
2312.06:056:05
2412.06:046:05
2512.06:036:05
2612.16:026:05
2712.16:016:06
2812.16:006:06
2912.15:596:06
3012.15:586:06
3112.25:586:07

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.38 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 5.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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165.7Bright
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205.8Bright
215.8Bright
225.9Bright
235.9Bright
245.9Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Bright
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Tecax

In seasonPeak

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

Tecax's rainy season runs June–October, 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 Tecax?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tecax. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tecax in March

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

In March, Tecax sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tecax in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tecax peaks around June 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 16UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Tecax 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 Tecax is worst in April — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (January, 8 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1928 µg/m³Jan 18 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tecax?

Tecax sits at 20.2°N, 89.3°W, 37 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Oxkutzkab, 18 km away.

Topography around Tecax

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tecax has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 202 m.

The land around Tecax is covered by trees (76%) within 3 km, trees (92%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
202 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Oxkutzkab 18 km · Ek Balam 25 km · Ticul 34 km · Peto 39 km · Izamal 86 km · Kanasín 86 km · Umán 89 km · Chichen Itza 91 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 Tecax (20.2052°, -89.2852°, elevation 37 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).