Climate averages 1991–2020
Loja weather
in March.
A mild, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Loja: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuenca (124 km away). In March its highs average 18.1°C, 2.8°C cooler than Loja, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Loja ranks 6th of 9 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 9 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 9 cities is 23.7°C; Loja is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 204 mm to 148 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
Loja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 167 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| February | 20.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 197 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 20.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 204 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 148 | 20.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 20.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 82 | 16.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 20.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 49 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| July | 19.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 37 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 20.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 21.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 36 | 8.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 88 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 22.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 133 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 21.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 146 | 21.8 | 12.312 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
- Cuenca in MarchEcuador · 124 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Tumbes in MarchPeru · 146 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Sullana in MarchPeru · 193 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Piura in MarchPeru · 208 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MarchEcuador · 215 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 455 mm rain
- Talara in MarchPeru · 238 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- La Libertad in MarchEcuador · 272 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Chiclayo in MarchPeru · 317 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 76 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 Loja) is explained once on the Loja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.