Climate averages 1991–2020
Chiclayo weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Chiclayo: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Trujillo (175 km away). In March its highs average 26.5°C, 2.4°C cooler than Chiclayo, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Chiclayo ranks 10th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Chiclayo is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 27 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
Chiclayo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 23 | 3.8 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 46 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 28.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 76 | 10.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 27 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 25.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.2 | 1.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 22.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 22.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 22.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 2.8 | 1.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 23.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 4.8 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| December | 25.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 8.9 | 2.6 | 12.513 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
- Trujillo in MarchPeru · 175 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Piura in MarchPeru · 198 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Sullana in MarchPeru · 227 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Talara in MarchPeru · 290 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Chimbote in MarchPeru · 292 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Loja in MarchEcuador · 317 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Tumbes in MarchPeru · 363 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Cuenca in MarchEcuador · 441 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 183 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 Chiclayo) is explained once on the Chiclayo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.