Climate averages 1991–2020
Huancayo weather
in March.
A cool, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Huancayo: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th 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 Chosica (164 km away). In March its highs average 24.4°C, 10.9°C warmer than Huancayo, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huancayo ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Huancayo is 11.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 222 mm to 113 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
Huancayo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 243 | 29.5 | 12.713 h |
| February | 13.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.512 h |
| March, selected | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 222 | 30.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 13.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 113 | 24.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 13.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 53 | 15.7 | 11.612 h |
| June | 13.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 24 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 13.2°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 24 | 8.1 | 11.511 h |
| August | 13.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 44 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
| September | 13.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 90 | 23.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 14.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 147 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 14.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 153 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| December | 14.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 214 | 28.4 | 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
- Chosica in MarchPeru · 164 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in MarchPeru · 180 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in MarchPeru · 192 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Lima in MarchPeru · 198 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Callao in MarchPeru · 209 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Ica in MarchPeru · 230 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in MarchPeru · 263 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Abancay in MarchPeru · 306 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 177 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 Huancayo) is explained once on the Huancayo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.