Climate averages 1991–2020
Eloy Alfaro weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Eloy Alfaro: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 455 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Libertad (119 km away). In March its highs average 27.4°C, 1.3°C cooler than Eloy Alfaro, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Eloy Alfaro ranks 2nd of 9 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 9 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 9 cities is 23.7°C; Eloy Alfaro is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 455 mm to 366 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
Eloy Alfaro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 308 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 400 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 455 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 366 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 287 | 26.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 183 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 144 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 27.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 18.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 117 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 97 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 77 | 13.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 18.7 | 12.212 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 Libertad in MarchEcuador · 119 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Cuenca in MarchEcuador · 124 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Portoviejo in MarchEcuador · 141 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 234 mm rain
- Tumbes in MarchPeru · 168 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Loja in MarchEcuador · 215 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in MarchEcuador · 225 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 414 mm rain
- Talara in MarchPeru · 311 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Sullana in MarchPeru · 318 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 113 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 Eloy Alfaro) is explained once on the Eloy Alfaro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.