Climate averages 1991–2020
Viacha weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Viacha: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Paz (23 km away). In March its highs average 14.1°C, about as warm as Viacha, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Viacha ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 21.4°C; Viacha is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Viacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 143 | 24.8 | 13.013 h |
| February | 13.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 124 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| March, selected | 13.7°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 96 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 13.8°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 46 | 13.5 | 11.712 h |
| May | 14.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 14 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| June | 13.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 8.2 | 2.5 | 11.211 h |
| July | 13.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 10 | 3.0 | 11.211 h |
| August | 14.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 16 | 4.5 | 11.612 h |
| September | 15.2°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 32 | 9.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 15.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 53 | 13.2 | 12.512 h |
| November | 16.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 58 | 13.9 | 12.913 h |
| December | 14.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 110 | 20.8 | 13.113 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- La Paz in MarchBolivia · 23 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Oruro in MarchBolivia · 195 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Puno in MarchPeru · 205 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Quillacollo in MarchBolivia · 230 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Juliaca in MarchPeru · 234 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MarchBolivia · 242 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 124 mm rain
- Sacaba in MarchBolivia · 254 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Tacna in MarchPeru · 257 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Viacha) is explained once on the Viacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.