Zaragoza weather in March

In March, Zaragoza sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 98 mm of precipitation across 16.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 Zaragoza's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zaragoza's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 98 mm; 16.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:44 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Zaragoza is municipal seat of Zaragoza, State of Puebla, Mexico.

Founded: 1880

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 20°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in Zaragoza reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 25°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Avg low (°C)	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	11	11	11	12	12	12

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

Zaragoza weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 8°	61	11.4	10.9	5.4
Feb	19° / 9°	58	10.9	11.3	5.9
Mar	20° / 11°	98	16.5	11.9	5.5
Apr	22° / 12°	136	19.2	12.4	5.3
May	23° / 13°	145	22.2	12.9	5.0
Jun	22° / 14°	271	26.9	13.2	3.9
Jul	22° / 13°	246	30.2	13.1	3.5
Aug	22° / 13°	293	30.4	12.7	3.5
Sep	21° / 13°	327	27.6	12.1	3.6
Oct	20° / 12°	244	22.9	11.5	4.4
Nov	19° / 10°	114	15.2	11.1	5.2
Dec	18° / 8°	55	11	10.8	5.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 46%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	60	59	59	57	57	55	54	53	52	52	51	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	54	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	53
Cloudier (%)	40	41	41	43	43	45	46	47	48	48	49	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	46	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Zaragoza gets around 98 mm of rain and snow over 16.5 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 53% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	43
3	44
4	45
5	46
6	47
7	48
8	49
9	50
10	51
11	52
12	53
13	54
14	54
15	55
16	55
17	55
18	56
19	56
20	56
21	56
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	58
26	58
27	59
28	59
29	60
30	60
31	61

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 90% 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 (%)	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	95	94	94	93	92	91	91	90	89	89	88	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	83	83	82	81	80
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	20

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	81	19
31	80	20

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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31	6	calm

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 6:31 PM to 6:40 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	11.7	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	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:56	6:31
2	11.6	6:55	6:31
3	11.6	6:55	6:31
4	11.6	6:54	6:32
5	11.7	6:53	6:32
6	11.7	6:52	6:33
7	11.7	6:52	6:33
8	11.7	6:51	6:33
9	11.7	6:50	6:34
10	11.7	6:49	6:34
11	11.8	6:48	6:34
12	11.8	6:47	6:34
13	11.8	6:47	6:35
14	11.8	6:46	6:35
15	11.8	6:45	6:35
16	11.9	6:44	6:36
17	11.9	6:43	6:36
18	11.9	6:42	6:36
19	11.9	6:41	6:37
20	11.9	6:41	6:37
21	12.0	6:40	6:37
22	12.0	6:39	6:37
23	12.0	6:38	6:38
24	12.0	6:37	6:38
25	12.0	6:36	6:38
26	12.1	6:35	6:38
27	12.1	6:34	6:39
28	12.1	6:33	6:39
29	12.1	6:33	6:39
30	12.1	6:32	6:39
31	12.1	6:31	6:40

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 5.32 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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Zaragoza

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Zaragoza?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.1

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Zaragoza for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zaragoza in March

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

In March, Zaragoza sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Zaragoza 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 Zaragoza peaks around April 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (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	12	14	15	10	14	13	14	13	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Zaragoza 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 Zaragoza is worst in May — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (October, 38 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)	53	54	56	63	69	48	41	38	39	38	49	59
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	53	Poor
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	56	Unhealthy
Apr	63	Unhealthy
May	69	Unhealthy
Jun	48	Poor
Jul	41	Poor
Aug	38	Poor
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	49	Poor
Dec	59	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Zaragoza?

Zaragoza sits at 19.8°N, 97.6°W, 2,311 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Teziutlan, 21 km away.

Topography around Zaragoza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zaragoza has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 400 m around an average of 2,312 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,682 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,381 m.

The land around Zaragoza is covered by cropland (40%) and trees (39%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

400 m

cropland 40%

16 km

1,682 m

trees 53%

80 km

4,381 m

trees 54%

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

March weather nearby: Teziutlan 21 km · Altotonga 32 km · Libres 37 km · Perote 40 km · Tlapacoyan 42 km · Zacatlán 46 km · Chignahuapan 50 km · Villa Independencia 61 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 Zaragoza (19.771°, -97.5551°, elevation 2,311 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	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	20	10
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	12
30	22	12
31	22	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	43
3	44
4	45
5	46
6	47
7	48
8	49
9	50
10	51
11	52
12	53
13	54
14	54
15	55
16	55
17	55
18	56
19	56
20	56
21	56
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	58
26	58
27	59
28	59
29	60
30	60
31	61

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	81	19
31	80	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	43
3	44
4	45
5	46
6	47
7	48
8	49
9	50
10	51
11	52
12	53
13	54
14	54
15	55
16	55
17	55
18	56
19	56
20	56
21	56
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	58
26	58
27	59
28	59
29	60
30	60
31	61

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	81	19
31	80	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	43
3	44
4	45
5	46
6	47
7	48
8	49
9	50
10	51
11	52
12	53
13	54
14	54
15	55
16	55
17	55
18	56
19	56
20	56
21	56
22	57
23	57
24	57
25	58
26	58
27	59
28	59
29	60
30	60
31	61

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	88	12
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	82	18
30	81	19
31	80	20