Nueva Guinea weather in March

In March, Nueva Guinea sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 32 mm of rain across 13.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Nueva Guinea's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nueva Guinea's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
5th warmest
Overnight low
22°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
32 mm
13.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:50 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
47%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Nueva Guinea is Town in Nicaragua, administrative center of the Municipality of Nueva Guinea.

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 29°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical March day in Nueva Guinea reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°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 Nueva Guinea

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 11 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
11
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.

Nueva Guinea weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 21°6020.411.45.1
Feb28° / 21°4116.111.65.3
Mar29° / 22°3213.111.95.1
Apr31° / 23°4615.212.34.0
May31° / 23°18625.812.52.9
Jun30° / 23°25329.212.72.7
Jul29° / 23°22530.312.62.9
Aug29° / 23°21930.112.42.8
Sep30° / 23°2302912.12.7
Oct29° / 22°24328.911.72.9
Nov28° / 22°15523.911.53.8
Dec28° / 22°8823.311.34.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in March, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 37% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Nueva Guinea gets around 32 mm of rain over 13.1 wet days in March, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 43% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3141

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11347480
22347480
32447480
42447480
52446480
62446480
72445480
82545490
92544490
102544500
112543500
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Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 5:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:585:44
211.85:585:44
311.85:575:44
411.85:575:44
511.85:565:44
611.85:565:44
711.85:555:44
811.85:555:45
911.85:545:45
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1912.05:485:45
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2212.05:465:45
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2612.05:435:45
2712.05:435:45
2812.15:425:45
2912.15:425:45
3012.15:415:45
3112.15:405:45

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 5.39 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Nueva Guinea

In seasonPeak

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

Nueva Guinea sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Nueva Guinea's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Nueva Guinea?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Nueva Guinea for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Nueva Guinea in March

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

In March, Nueva Guinea sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nueva Guinea 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 Nueva Guinea peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 20UV 13Dec 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Nueva Guinea 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 Nueva Guinea is worst in July — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.4× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1626 µg/m³Dec 156 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr17Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nueva Guinea?

Nueva Guinea sits at 11.7°N, 84.5°W, 212 m above sea level, in Nicaragua. The nearest listed city is Rama, 58 km away.

RamaSan CarlosEl CastilloBluefieldsJuigalpaSan JoséPearl Lagoon

Topography around Nueva Guinea

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nueva Guinea has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m around an average of 188 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 538 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 709 m.

The land around Nueva Guinea is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (43%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and trees (47%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
127 m
16 km
538 m
80 km
709 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Rama 58 km · San Carlos 72 km · El Castillo 75 km · Bluefields 84 km · Juigalpa 109 km · San José 110 km · Pearl Lagoon 112 km · La Fortuna 137 km

Nicaragua travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,173
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
11.3
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
16.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 512
Religion
Roman Catholic 45%Protestant 39%none 14%other 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 Nueva Guinea (11.6876°, -84.4562°, elevation 212 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).