Climate averages 1991–2020
Piura weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Piura: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sullana (31 km away). In March its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Piura, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Piura ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Piura is 7.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 38 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
Piura climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 37 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 63 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 33.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 107 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 38 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 6.7 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 4.1 | 1.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.2 | 2.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 21 | 4.8 | 12.412 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
- Sullana in MarchPeru · 31 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Talara in MarchPeru · 96 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Tumbes in MarchPeru · 182 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Chiclayo in MarchPeru · 198 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Loja in MarchEcuador · 208 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Cuenca in MarchEcuador · 314 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 183 mm rain
- La Libertad in MarchEcuador · 329 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MarchEcuador · 347 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 455 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 Piura) is explained once on the Piura year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.