Guatapé weather in March
March in Guatapé: warm, soaked, with muggy air — fine if you can take 27 rainy days.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#9 of 12 months in Guatapé · #848 of 1413 destinations to visit in March · comfort 72/100 (tier B)
- Days
- 24°C
- Nights
- 15°C
- Wet days
- 27
- Sun
- 9.6 h
- Humidity
- 85%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Traveller notes on Guatapé in March
Other months in Guatapé
Regulars are specific one recent visitor described conditions around Guatape and nearby El Penol as torrential and near non-stop for weeks, muddy ground underfoot, while a long-term Medellin resident pushed back on that same stretch, saying it hadn't been cloudy and rainy every day and they'd been applying sunscreen and exercising outdoors regularly. Our row backs that mild, genuinely wet read, 19.8C over 14.7C nights feeling 15C, with a substantial 91.5mm of rain across 13.9 days and humidity at 73.7 percent. Regulars are consistent the honest read lands in between those two accounts, real and sometimes heavy rain a genuine feature of this window but patchy and variable day to day rather than a constant washout. The record: 10.4 hours of sun, a 10.3 kph wind and AQI 37.
Forum posters describe January through March as offering notably better weather than the often-cloudy norm around Medellin, the coffee region and Guatape, with temperatures in Guatape itself typically in the low 20sC. Posters are consistent that rain here falls sporadically rather than as a sustained washout, and that most planned activities remain doable even on an unlucky day. Posters flag real microclimates shaped by the surrounding mountains and valleys - it can be raining in one spot while staying sunny just a mile away - making general weather reports for the wider region less useful than checking conditions close to the visit itself. Posters generally rate January as one of the more reliable months for exploring Guatape's rock and reservoir.
Guatapé's forum describes July as following a near-daily rhythm — regulars say it's almost always the same pattern, rain in the morning that clears by afternoon, or the reverse, rather than a day lost entirely to weather. Worth building flexibility into the day's plans around whichever half turns out clear.
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Guatapé climate normals — March
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Guatapé 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.
Peak crowdsSemana Santa, Semana Santa recess in Colombia, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Guatapé'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 weatherGuatapé's best weather comes in January, July and August — separate windows, not one continuous season.
Best weatherFair weatherToughest weather
What's on in Guatapé in March
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Holiday
Semana Santa
29 Mar – 5 AprEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedBook earlyMedellin comes out for Holy Week and Guatape is where a lot of it lands: the town's beds run near full and the queue up the Piedra starts before breakfast. Go on the Wednesday or not at all. Source ↗
- Season
Wet season
MonsoonRisk27 rainy days and about 265 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.
from the climate normals
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Guatapé — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
Where is Guatapé?
Guatapé in March — FAQ
- Is March a good time to visit Guatapé?
- March in Guatapé: warm, soaked, with muggy air — fine if you can take 27 rainy days. It ranks #9 of 12 months for Guatapé on SeasonMap's comfort score (72/100).
- What is the weather like in Guatapé in March?
- In March, Guatapé averages a daily high of 23.5°C and a low of 14.9°C, with about 265 mm of rain over roughly 27.1 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Guatapé in March?
- Guatapé has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 57 in March.
Within 300 km: Villa de Leyva's Festival de Astronomia on 20–22 Mar, and Medellín's The drier weeks between the rains on 15 Dec – 10 Mar.