Climate averages 1991–2020

Ibarra weather
in March.

A mild, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.0°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 11.7°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 185 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Ibarra: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulcán (69 km away). In March its highs average 16.6°C, 3.4°C cooler than Ibarra, with 251 mm of rain.

Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Ibarra ranks 7th of 9 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 9 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 9 cities is 23.7°C; Ibarra is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs stay level at 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 185 mm to 210 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ibarra climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ibarra, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	19.7°C11.3°C	11.3°C	146	22.5	12.112 h
February	20.0°C11.5°C	11.5°C	146	22.0	12.112 h
March, selected	20.0°C11.7°C	11.7°C	185	27.2	12.112 h
April	20.0°C11.7°C	11.7°C	210	27.7	12.112 h
May	20.1°C11.5°C	11.5°C	160	28.5	12.112 h
June	19.9°C10.7°C	10.7°C	120	25.5	12.112 h
July	20.0°C10.2°C	10.2°C	108	24.8	12.112 h
August	21.0°C10.0°C	10.0°C	66	19.3	12.112 h
September	21.9°C10.7°C	10.7°C	75	19.7	12.112 h
October	21.0°C11.4°C	11.4°C	133	24.3	12.112 h
November	19.9°C11.7°C	11.7°C	175	24.6	12.112 h
December	19.6°C11.5°C	11.5°C	165	24.0	12.112 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

Distance from Ibarra

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ibarra) is explained once on the Ibarra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.