Upata weather in March

In March, Upata sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 24 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 Upata's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Upata's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
24 mm
5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:51 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
67%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Upata is city in Bolívar, Venezuela.

Density
933/km²
people per km²
Founded
1762

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 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Upata reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Upata

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.

Upata weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°36911.64.9
Feb31° / 21°245.911.74.8
Mar32° / 22°24511.94.2
Apr33° / 22°467.912.23.6
May32° / 23°10315.212.43.5
Jun30° / 22°1402212.53.4
Jul30° / 22°16224.612.43.3
Aug31° / 22°15422.512.33.4
Sep32° / 22°10315.9123.4
Oct32° / 23°941611.83.3
Nov31° / 22°9416.911.63.5
Dec30° / 22°6314.511.54.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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

Any precipitation

Upata gets around 24 mm of rain over 5 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 17% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2016
2116
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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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 65% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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11233632
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Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 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 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:585:48
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311.85:575:48
411.95:575:48
511.95:565:48
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.85 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Upata

In seasonPeak

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

Upata's rainy season runs May–November, 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 Upata?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Upata in March

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

In March, Upata sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Upata 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 Upata peaks around March 21 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 21UV 15Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Upata 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 Upata is worst in April — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (November, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 2024 µg/m³Nov 1811 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Upata?

Upata sits at 8.0°N, 62.4°W, 364 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Ciudad Guayana, 45 km away.

TembladorCiudad PiarTucupitaCiudad BolívarTumeremo

Topography around Upata

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Upata has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m around an average of 385 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 454 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 722 m.

The land around Upata is covered by trees (50%), artificial surfaces (27%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (47%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
236 m
16 km
454 m
80 km
722 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Ciudad Guayana 45 km · Barrancas 79 km · Guasipati 82 km · Temblador 113 km · Ciudad Piar 119 km · Tucupita 123 km · Ciudad Bolívar 126 km · Tumeremo 127 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 Upata (8.0162°, -62.4056°, elevation 364 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).