Climate averages 1991–2020
Huánuco weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 711 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 4.6°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
March is a warm month in Huánuco: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a 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 (230 km away). In March its highs average 24.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Huánuco, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huánuco ranks 19th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 15th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Huánuco is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 81 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
Huánuco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 161 | 26.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 178 | 25.7 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 23.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 156 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 81 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 48 | 13.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 23 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 11.612 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 23 | 6.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 35 | 10.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 69 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 96 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| December | 23.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 138 | 25.1 | 12.713 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 · 230 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in MarchPeru · 249 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Lima in MarchPeru · 250 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Pucallpa in MarchPeru · 253 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 350 mm rain
- Callao in MarchPeru · 255 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Huancayo in MarchPeru · 263 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 222 mm rain
- Chimbote in MarchPeru · 275 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Trujillo in MarchPeru · 367 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 66 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 Huánuco) is explained once on the Huánuco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.