Motatán weather in March

In March, Motatán sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 229 mm of rain across 26.4 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Motatán's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Motatán's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
8th warmest
Overnight low
19°
5th coldest
Rainfall
229 mm
26.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:24 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
72%
4th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Motatán is town in Trujillo State, Venezuela.

Founded
1579

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 28°C through the month.

A typical March day in Motatán reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Motatán weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 17°10222.111.54.8
Feb28° / 18°12120.511.74.6
Mar28° / 19°22926.411.94.0
Apr28° / 20°41028.412.23.4
May28° / 20°45129.612.43.0
Jun29° / 20°28326.112.53.2
Jul29° / 19°28126.512.53.3
Aug29° / 19°37428.712.33.0
Sep29° / 19°46328.812.13.0
Oct28° / 19°47930.311.83.2
Nov27° / 19°35728.411.63.5
Dec27° / 18°19525.111.54.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
23961
33862
43763
53664
63565
73565
83466
93367
103268
113169
123169
133070
142971
152971
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182971
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202971
212971
222872
232872
242872
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262575
272476
282377
292278
302278
312080

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Motatán gets around 229 mm of rain over 26.4 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 85% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
182
282
383
483
583
683
783
883
983
1083
1183
1283
1383
1484
1584
1684
1784
1885
1985
2086
2186
2287
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2588
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3090
3190

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 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 84% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1125704
2125704
3124714
4123724
5123724
6122725
7122725
8121735
9121735
10120745
11119755
12119755
13118765
14117775
15017794
16016804
17015814
18014824
19013834
20013834
21012844
22012844
23011863
24011863
25010873
26010873
2709883
2809883
2908893
3008893
3107903

Wind in March

Winds average 4 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
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134calm
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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 6:31 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:316:20
211.86:316:20
311.86:316:20
411.86:306:20
511.86:306:20
611.86:296:20
711.96:296:20
811.96:286:20
911.96:286:20
1011.96:276:20
1111.96:276:20
1211.96:266:20
1311.96:266:20
1411.96:256:20
1511.96:256:20
1611.96:246:20
1711.96:236:20
1812.06:236:20
1912.06:226:20
2012.06:226:20
2112.06:216:20
2212.06:216:20
2312.06:206:20
2412.06:196:20
2512.06:196:20
2612.06:186:20
2712.06:186:20
2812.06:176:20
2912.16:166:20
3012.16:166:19
3112.16:156:19

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in August across the year — March's 5.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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105.3Bright
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305.2Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Motatán?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Motatán for sightseeing.

What to pack for Motatán in March

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

In March, Motatán sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Motatán in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Motatán peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 12UV 15Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Motatán 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 Motatán is worst in March — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2129 µg/m³Dec 1613 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Motatán?

Motatán sits at 9.4°N, 70.6°W, 321 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Valera, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Motatán

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Motatán has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 684 m around an average of 435 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,631 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,671 m.

The land around Motatán is covered by trees (70%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
684 m
16 km
1,631 m
80 km
4,671 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Valera 8.0 km · Pampanito 10 km · Escuque 14 km · Pampán 14 km · Trujillo 17 km · El Dividive 18 km · Sabana de Mendoza 21 km · Boconó 40 km

Venezuela travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2011
GDP per capita
$3,495
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
12.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
39
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 520
Religion
Roman Catholic 48%Protestant 32%none 14%believer 4%

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 Motatán (9.3918°, -70.5906°, elevation 321 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).