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Oaxaca in March

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Oaxaca is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 54°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Oaxaca is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 11% of days
Daylight
12h 01mon average

Is March a good time to visit Oaxaca?

A good month, just outside Oaxaca's best months, which run from November to January.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in March, against 78°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in March, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

11% of days in March, against 4% to 78% through the year.

Cloud cover

40% cover in March, against 40% to 83% through the year.

Daylight

12h 01m in March, against 11h 08m to 13h 08m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February82°28°low 52°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. March86°30°low 54°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April89°32°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Oaxaca sits, in March

America/Mexico City
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:36 AMsets 6:37 PM
Above the sea
1,540 mhigh country
Latitude
17.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Santa María Colotepec131 km south

The land around Oaxaca, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Mexico in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Oaxaca

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Oaxaca. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,540 m) against the climate model's (1,869 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,540 m) against the climate model's (1,869 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.