Climate averages 1991–2020
Cusco weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the joint 6th 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 Cusco: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 27 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 Abancay (100 km away). In March its highs average 19.6°C, 4.2°C warmer than Cusco, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Cusco ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Cusco is 10.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 76 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
Cusco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 229 | 28.8 | 12.813 h |
| February | 15.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 215 | 26.3 | 12.513 h |
| March, selected | 15.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 169 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 15.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 76 | 18.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 15.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 24 | 8.1 | 11.511 h |
| June | 15.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 11 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| July | 15.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| August | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 22 | 6.5 | 11.712 h |
| September | 16.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 37 | 13.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 16.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 84 | 20.3 | 12.412 h |
| November | 16.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 116 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| December | 15.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 196 | 27.6 | 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
- Abancay in MarchPeru · 100 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Juliaca in MarchPeru · 295 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in MarchPeru · 318 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 300 mm rain
- Puno in MarchPeru · 331 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Huancayo in MarchPeru · 387 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 222 mm rain
- Ica in MarchPeru · 411 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in MarchPeru · 451 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Viacha in MarchBolivia · 525 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 96 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 Cusco) is explained once on the Cusco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.