Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumbes weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Tumbes: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 17 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 Loja (146 km away). In March its highs average 20.8°C, 8.7°C cooler than Tumbes, with 204 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Tumbes ranks joint 6th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 16th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Tumbes is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 167 mm to 103 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
Tumbes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 74 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 150 | 16.8 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 167 | 16.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 103 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 9.8 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 4.5 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.0 | 1.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 9.6 | 2.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 15 | 3.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 34 | 5.8 | 12.312 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
- Loja in MarchEcuador · 146 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Talara in MarchPeru · 146 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Sullana in MarchPeru · 152 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 113 mm rain
- La Libertad in MarchEcuador · 156 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MarchEcuador · 168 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 455 mm rain
- Cuenca in MarchEcuador · 177 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Piura in MarchPeru · 182 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Portoviejo in MarchEcuador · 278 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 234 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 Tumbes) is explained once on the Tumbes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.