Climate averages 1991–2020
Trujillo weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Trujillo: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chimbote (117 km away). In March its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Trujillo, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Trujillo ranks joint 11th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Trujillo is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 26 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
Trujillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 26 | 6.8 | 12.513 h |
| February | 26.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 53 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 26.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 66 | 15.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 24.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| July | 22.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| August | 22.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 22.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 23.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 12.512 h |
| December | 25.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 9.0 | 2.2 | 12.613 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
- Chimbote in MarchPeru · 117 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Chiclayo in MarchPeru · 175 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in MarchPeru · 367 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Piura in MarchPeru · 372 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Sullana in MarchPeru · 401 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Loja in MarchEcuador · 459 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Talara in MarchPeru · 465 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Callao in MarchPeru · 484 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.9 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 Trujillo) is explained once on the Trujillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.