Climate averages 1991–2020
Talara weather
in March.
A hot, moderately 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 Talara: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately 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 (74 km away). In March its highs average 32.8°C, 3.1°C warmer than Talara, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Talara ranks 5th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Talara is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 16 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
Talara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 19 | 4.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 44 | 7.0 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 51 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 16 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 4.8 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 24.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 24.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| September | 24.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 3.8 | 1.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 14 | 2.7 | 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 · 74 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Piura in MarchPeru · 96 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Tumbes in MarchPeru · 146 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Loja in MarchEcuador · 238 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 204 mm rain
- La Libertad in MarchEcuador · 264 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Chiclayo in MarchPeru · 290 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MarchEcuador · 311 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 455 mm rain
- Cuenca in MarchEcuador · 314 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 183 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 Talara) is explained once on the Talara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.