Mexico City in March

When to go

March comes before the rainy season, which the city's official visitor guide says begins in May, and the climate normals below give the typical highs, lows and rainfall for the month. The third Monday of March is a mandatory rest day under Mexican federal labor law, so check opening hours and tour schedules around it. The visitor guide places the Vive Latino music festival at the Foro Sol in mid-March and says the city is practically empty during Holy Week and Easter, so check where those fall against your dates.

Trip facts

• The World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Information Service lists, for Mexico City, a mean daily maximum temperature of 25.7 °C (78.3 °F) and a mean daily minimum temperature of 9.2 °C (48.6 °F) in March, based on monthly averages for the 30-year period 1951-1980 from Mexico's Coordinación General del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. (worldweather.wmo.int, checked 2026-10-15)
• The World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Information Service lists, for Mexico City, mean total rainfall of 10.1 mm and a mean number of rain days of 3.1 in March (a rain day being a day with at least 0.1 mm of rain), based on monthly averages for 1951-1980 from Mexico's Coordinación General del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. (worldweather.wmo.int, checked 2026-10-15)
• The Mexican government's PROFEDET page lists the third Monday of March, in commemoration of March 21, among the mandatory rest days in Article 74 of the Federal Labor Law. (www.gob.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• Mexico City's official visitor guide, a platform of the Mexico City Government's Ministry of Tourism, says the Vive Latino Ibero-American Festival of Musical Culture is held in mid-March at the Foro Sol, with a varied program of national and international music groups of different genres. (mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• Mexico City's official visitor guide says that during Semana Santa and Pascua (Holy Week and Easter) the city is practically empty for those two weeks because most universities schedule breaks similar to spring break, and that traffic and Metro or other public transport trips are usually much calmer. (mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• Mexico City's official visitor guide says the rainy season begins in May and lasts until October, with sunny mornings and afternoons that are often cloudy and rainy. (mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• Mexico City's official visitor guide says that dividing an itinerary by geographic areas optimizes travel times, and its zone guide names the Historic Center, the Roma and Condesa neighborhoods, and Polanco within its Centro zone. (mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• The Mexican immigration institute (INM) says that foreign nationals who enter Mexico by air do not have to fill out the electronic Multiple Migration Form (FMMe) or the traditional form, and that the digital form (FMMd) can be downloaded once, within the days granted, by scanning the QR code at the immigration review filters or through the INM Services Portal. (www.gob.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• Mexico City International Airport's own website says the Metrobús, a public transport system of the Mexico City Government, connects the airport with the city center, with boarding areas at Terminal 1 (gate 7) and Terminal 2 (gate 2), and that it operates every day of the year, Monday to Saturday from 4:30 to 24:00 hours and Sundays and holidays from 5:00 to 24:00 hours. (www.aicm.com.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• The decree issuing Mexico's Ley de los Husos Horarios, dated October 28, 2022, puts most of the national territory, with listed exceptions, in the Central Zone (meridian 90 degrees west of Greenwich), and its Article 4 says seasonal time applies only to the states and municipalities of the northern border. (sidof.segob.gob.mx, checked 2026-10-15)