Climate averages 1991–2020
Puno 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 Puno: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juliaca (40 km away). In March its highs average 13.7°C, about as warm as Puno, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puno ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Puno is 11.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 79 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
Puno climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 224 | 27.6 | 13.013 h |
| February | 14.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 207 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| March, selected | 14.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 174 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 14.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 79 | 17.2 | 11.812 h |
| May | 14.6°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| June | 14.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 7.7 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| July | 14.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 8.7 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| August | 15.3°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 20 | 5.2 | 11.612 h |
| September | 15.8°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 16.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 81 | 15.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 16.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 85 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| December | 15.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 156 | 23.5 | 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
- Juliaca in MarchPeru · 40 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Viacha in MarchBolivia · 205 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 96 mm rain
- La Paz in MarchBolivia · 213 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Tacna in MarchPeru · 243 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Arica in MarchChile · 295 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Cusco in MarchPeru · 331 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in MarchPeru · 372 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 300 mm rain
- Oruro in MarchBolivia · 391 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 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 Puno) is explained once on the Puno year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.