Climate averages 1991–2020
Abancay weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Abancay: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cusco (100 km away). In March its highs average 15.4°C, 4.2°C cooler than Abancay, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Abancay ranks 20th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Abancay is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 87 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
Abancay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 215 | 29.2 | 12.813 h |
| February | 19.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 200 | 27.1 | 12.513 h |
| March, selected | 19.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 177 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 19.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 87 | 21.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 19.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 26 | 8.4 | 11.511 h |
| June | 19.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 12 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| July | 19.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 13 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| August | 20.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 22 | 6.4 | 11.712 h |
| September | 21.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 41 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 21.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 21.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 119 | 24.1 | 12.713 h |
| December | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 178 | 27.8 | 12.913 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
- Cusco in MarchPeru · 100 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Huancayo in MarchPeru · 306 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 222 mm rain
- Ica in MarchPeru · 312 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in MarchPeru · 352 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Juliaca in MarchPeru · 361 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Puno in MarchPeru · 394 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in MarchPeru · 416 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 300 mm rain
- Chosica in MarchPeru · 455 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 89 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 Abancay) is explained once on the Abancay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.