Climate averages 1991–2020
Chincha Alta weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the 10th 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 Chincha Alta: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 10th 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 Ica (86 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, 3.2°C warmer than Chincha Alta, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Chincha Alta ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Chincha Alta is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.2 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
Chincha Alta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 7.0 | 2.2 | 12.813 h |
| February | 26.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 8.1 | 2.7 | 12.513 h |
| March, selected | 26.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 5.2 | 1.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| June | 22.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| July | 22.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 22.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 22.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 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
- Ica in MarchPeru · 86 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Chosica in MarchPeru · 175 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in MarchPeru · 177 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Huancayo in MarchPeru · 180 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 222 mm rain
- Lima in MarchPeru · 180 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Callao in MarchPeru · 186 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Abancay in MarchPeru · 352 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in MarchPeru · 387 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 156 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 Chincha Alta) is explained once on the Chincha Alta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.