Climate averages 1991–2020
Callao weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Callao: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lima (12 km away). In March its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Callao, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Callao ranks joint 11th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Callao is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.9 mm to 1.6 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
Callao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 5.2 | 1.5 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 7.8 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| March, selected | 26.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 5.9 | 1.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| May | 22.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 2.3 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| June | 20.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 4.9 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 19.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 5.3 | 1.2 | 11.511 h |
| August | 19.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 4.9 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 20.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.7 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 20.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 2.8 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| November | 22.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 2.2 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| December | 23.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 12.813 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
- Lima in MarchPeru · 12 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in MarchPeru · 18 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Chosica in MarchPeru · 48 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in MarchPeru · 186 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Huancayo in MarchPeru · 209 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 222 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in MarchPeru · 255 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Ica in MarchPeru · 271 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Chimbote in MarchPeru · 367 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 14 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 Callao) is explained once on the Callao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.