Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacna weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Tacna: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a very dry 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 Arica (51 km away). In March its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Tacna, with 3.8 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Tacna ranks joint 11th of 24 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Tacna is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 1.9 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
Tacna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 23 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| February | 26.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 23 | 6.9 | 12.713 h |
| March, selected | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 14 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 21.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 4.1 | 0.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 19.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 4.5 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 18.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 3.9 | 0.5 | 11.211 h |
| August | 19.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.6 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| September | 20.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 2.4 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 21.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 1.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| December | 25.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 13.213 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
- Arica in MarchChile · 51 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Puno in MarchPeru · 243 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in MarchChile · 245 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in MarchChile · 251 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Viacha in MarchBolivia · 257 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 96 mm rain
- La Paz in MarchBolivia · 280 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Juliaca in MarchPeru · 280 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Oruro in MarchBolivia · 334 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 Tacna) is explained once on the Tacna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.