Climate averages 1991–2020
Portoviejo weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Portoviejo: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 234 mm of rain on roughly 23 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 La Libertad (140 km away). In March its highs average 27.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Portoviejo, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Portoviejo ranks 1st of 9 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 9 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 9 cities is 23.7°C; Portoviejo is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 234 mm to 158 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
Portoviejo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 132 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 256 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 234 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 158 | 20.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 75 | 14.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 28.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 32 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 22 | 5.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 14 | 4.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 20 | 5.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 18 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 22 | 4.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 61 | 10.1 | 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 · 140 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MarchEcuador · 141 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 455 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in MarchEcuador · 168 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 414 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in MarchEcuador · 241 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 203 mm rain
- Cuenca in MarchEcuador · 261 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Tumbes in MarchPeru · 278 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Ibarra in MarchEcuador · 302 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 185 mm rain
- Loja in MarchEcuador · 355 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 204 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 Portoviejo) is explained once on the Portoviejo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.