Climate averages 1991–2020
Juliaca weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Juliaca: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a wet 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 Puno (40 km away). In March its highs average 14.0°C, about as warm as Juliaca, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Juliaca ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Juliaca is 11.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 75 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
Juliaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 193 | 26.3 | 12.913 h |
| February | 13.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 182 | 24.0 | 12.613 h |
| March, selected | 13.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 150 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 13.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 75 | 15.7 | 11.812 h |
| May | 14.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 22 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| June | 14.3°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| July | 14.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 15.4°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 18 | 4.8 | 11.612 h |
| September | 15.9°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 46 | 10.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 16.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 77 | 14.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 16.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 76 | 14.1 | 12.813 h |
| December | 15.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 140 | 21.7 | 13.013 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
- Puno in MarchPeru · 40 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Viacha in MarchBolivia · 234 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 96 mm rain
- La Paz in MarchBolivia · 239 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Tacna in MarchPeru · 280 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Cusco in MarchPeru · 295 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Arica in MarchChile · 331 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in MarchPeru · 339 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 300 mm rain
- Abancay in MarchPeru · 361 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 Juliaca) is explained once on the Juliaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.