Caracas weather in March
March in Caracas: hot, a little rain, with clean air — an excellent time to visit.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#4 of 12 months in Caracas · #387 of 1413 destinations to visit in March · comfort 83/100 (tier A)
- Days
- 29°C
- Nights
- 20°C
- Wet days
- 8
- Sun
- 10.9 h
- Humidity
- 74%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Traveller notes on Caracas in March
Other months in Caracas
Detailed July-specific weather trip reports for Caracas are limited on the forum, with one visitor's July trip report simply describing loving the city despite taking real safety precautions throughout the stay. Posters discussing the nearby May-June stretch describe the weather then as glorious, with beautiful conditions and few tourists, a pattern that broadly extends into July given Caracas's valley setting and relatively stable year-round mountain climate. Posters describe the city's location in the Cerro Ávila valley, with mountains close by and the Caribbean coast a short drive away, as keeping conditions milder than Venezuela's hotter lowland cities. Posters generally rate July as warm and pleasant for a Caracas visit weather-wise, with safety planning the more pressing consideration than the climate itself.
Forum posters describe Caracas as genuinely not hot at all - often described as pretty cool, sometimes outright cold - a real surprise for a Venezuelan city given its tropical latitude, explained by the city's elevated valley setting. Posters flag areas at even higher elevation near Caracas as chillier still than the city center itself. Posters are consistent that the city's weather patterns can feel genuinely temperamental, shifting more than visitors might expect from a single tropical city. One January visitor specifically reported great weather during their stay, consistent with January generally sitting in Venezuela's cooler, drier season rather than its hot, wet stretch.
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Caracas climate normals — March
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Caracas in March
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Shoulder seasonschool holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Caracas's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherCaracas's weather peaks December–February, best around January.
Best weatherFair weatherToughest weather
What's on in Caracas in March
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Festival
Palmeros de Chacao
27–29 MarEaster & Holy WeekA group climbs into the cloud forest on the Ávila days before Palm Sunday, cuts palm and carries it back down into Chacao in procession. The tradition is more than two centuries old and the descent draws a crowd. Source ↗
- Season
Dry months on the Ávila
15 Dec – 15 Apr · usuallyDry seasonThe mountain wall on the city's north side is walkable and mostly cloud-free in these months, and the trails up from Altamira and Cotiza fill with runners from first light. By May the cloud is back on the ridge.
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Caracas — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
Where is Caracas?
Caracas in March — FAQ
- Is March a good time to visit Caracas?
- March in Caracas: hot, a little rain, with clean air — an excellent time to visit. It ranks #4 of 12 months for Caracas on SeasonMap's comfort score (83/100).
- What is the weather like in Caracas in March?
- In March, Caracas averages a daily high of 29°C and a low of 19.7°C, with about 41.7 mm of rain over roughly 7.7 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Caracas in March?
- Caracas has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 41 in March.
Within 300 km: Kralendijk's Trade wind season around 1 Dec – 31 Jul.