Climate averages 1991–2020
La Libertad weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in La Libertad: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Eloy Alfaro (119 km away). In March its highs average 28.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than La Libertad, with 455 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, La Libertad ranks 4th of 9 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 9 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 9 cities is 23.7°C; La Libertad is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 47 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
La Libertad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 65 | 9.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 102 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 27.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 47 | 8.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 26 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 24.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| July | 24.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 13 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| August | 23.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.8 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 23.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 8.9 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 30 | 4.2 | 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
- Eloy Alfaro in MarchEcuador · 119 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 455 mm rain
- Portoviejo in MarchEcuador · 140 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 234 mm rain
- Tumbes in MarchPeru · 156 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Cuenca in MarchEcuador · 225 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Talara in MarchPeru · 264 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Loja in MarchEcuador · 272 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in MarchEcuador · 293 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 414 mm rain
- Sullana in MarchPeru · 298 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 La Libertad) is explained once on the La Libertad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.