Climate averages 1991–2020
Ica weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ica: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly 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 Chincha Alta (86 km away). In March its highs average 26.4°C, 3.2°C cooler than Ica, with 5.2 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Ica ranks joint 6th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Ica is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 3.5 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
Ica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 24 | 5.7 | 12.913 h |
| February | 29.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 21 | 6.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.5 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 26.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12.813 h |
| December | 28.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 4.7 | 1.7 | 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
- Chincha Alta in MarchPeru · 86 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Huancayo in MarchPeru · 230 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 222 mm rain
- Chosica in MarchPeru · 260 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in MarchPeru · 262 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Lima in MarchPeru · 266 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Callao in MarchPeru · 271 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Abancay in MarchPeru · 312 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Cusco in MarchPeru · 411 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 169 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 Ica) is explained once on the Ica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.