Climate averages 1991–2020
Sullana weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: one of 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 Sullana: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 113 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 Piura (31 km away). In March its highs average 33.1°C, about as warm as Sullana, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Sullana ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Sullana is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 42 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
Sullana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 35 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 75 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 32.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 113 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 42 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 4.9 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 1.8 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 6.9 | 1.8 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 18 | 3.8 | 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
- Piura in MarchPeru · 31 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Talara in MarchPeru · 74 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Tumbes in MarchPeru · 152 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Loja in MarchEcuador · 193 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Chiclayo in MarchPeru · 227 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Cuenca in MarchEcuador · 292 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 183 mm rain
- La Libertad in MarchEcuador · 298 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MarchEcuador · 318 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 Sullana) is explained once on the Sullana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.