Riberalta weather in March

In March, Riberalta sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 255 mm of rain across 27.9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in March, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Riberalta's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Riberalta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
255 mm
27.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:32 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
88%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Riberalta is city of Bolivia.

Density
4,929/km²
people per km²
Founded
1897

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in Riberalta reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Riberalta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Riberalta weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°26927.712.62.9
Feb30° / 23°25825.212.42.8
Mar30° / 23°25527.912.12.8
Apr30° / 23°17423.311.83.3
May29° / 22°8115.711.54.5
Jun30° / 21°34711.45.7
Jul30° / 20°244.811.45.8
Aug32° / 21°406.311.64.7
Sep32° / 23°8413.711.93.6
Oct32° / 23°15920.812.23.0
Nov31° / 23°22223.612.52.9
Dec30° / 23°2612712.62.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2496
3496
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5496
6496
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Riberalta gets around 255 mm of rain over 27.9 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 90% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
188
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3089
3188

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the miserable band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
104951
204852
304753
404654
504654
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804456
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2614257
2714158
2814059
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3023959
3123860

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:316:44
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312.26:316:43
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512.26:316:42
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 4.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Riberalta

In seasonPeak

In March, Riberalta sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Riberalta's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Riberalta?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Riberalta.

What to pack for Riberalta in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Riberalta sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Riberalta in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Riberalta peaks around January 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 12 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeJan 22UV 15Sep 12UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Riberalta in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Riberalta is worst in September — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorModerateSep 1455 µg/m³May 218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug40Poor
Sep58Unhealthy
Oct27Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Riberalta?

Riberalta sits at 11.0°S, 66.1°W, 145 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Guayaramerín, 79 km away.

Nova MamoréPlácido de CastroSenador GuiomardRio BrancoPorto AcreBuritis

Topography around Riberalta

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Riberalta.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Riberalta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m.

The land around Riberalta is covered by artificial surfaces (41%), grassland (27%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (71%) within 16 km, and trees (91%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
83 m
80 km
101 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Guayaramerín 79 km · Guajará Mirim 82 km · Nova Mamoré 104 km · Plácido de Castro 145 km · Senador Guiomard 208 km · Rio Branco 224 km · Porto Acre 226 km · Buritis 259 km

Bolivia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 40% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,148
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.4
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
21.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
Roman Catholic 65%Protestant 20%none 6%other 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Riberalta (-11.0103°, -66.0526°, elevation 145 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).