Chimbote weather in March

In March, Chimbote sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 14 mm of rain across 4.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Chimbote's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chimbote's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 14 mm; 4.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:22 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Chimbote is city in Ancash, Peru.

Founded: 1835

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical March day in Chimbote reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 2°C warmer than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20
29	27	20
30	27	20
31	27	20

Chimbote weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 20°	6	2	12.5	7.4
Feb	27° / 21°	12	3.3	12.3	6.8
Mar	27° / 21°	14	4.5	12.1	6.8
Apr	25° / 19°	4	1.3	11.8	7.9
May	23° / 17°	1	0.2	11.6	8.6
Jun	22° / 16°	1	0.1	11.5	8.4
Jul	21° / 15°	1	0.1	11.5	8.2
Aug	20° / 15°	1	0.1	11.7	8.1
Sep	21° / 15°	1	0.1	11.9	7.9
Oct	21° / 15°	2	0.4	12.2	7.8
Nov	22° / 16°	1	0.3	12.4	7.9
Dec	24° / 18°	5	1.1	12.5	7.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	8	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	17
Cloudier (%)	92	91	91	91	91	90	89	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	88	87	87	87	86	85	85	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	12	88
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Chimbote gets around 14 mm of rain over 4.5 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	16
9	16
10	16
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	10
29	10
30	9
31	9

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 78% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	21	22	23	24	26	27	29	30	32	33	35	37	38	40	42
Muggy (%)	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	76	75	74	73	71	69	68	67	65	64	63	62	60	59	58	56	56	54	53
Oppressive (%)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	81	6
2	13	81	6
3	13	81	6
4	13	81	6
5	13	80	7
6	13	80	7
7	13	80	7
8	13	80	7
9	14	79	7
10	14	79	7
11	15	78	7
12	15	78	7
13	16	76	8
14	17	75	8
15	18	74	8
16	19	73	8
17	21	71	8
18	22	69	9
19	23	68	9
20	24	67	9
21	26	65	9
22	27	64	9
23	29	63	8
24	30	62	8
25	32	60	8
26	33	59	8
27	35	58	7
28	37	56	7
29	38	56	6
30	40	54	6
31	42	53	5

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in March

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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 6:22 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:17 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:22	6:33
2	12.2	6:22	6:33
3	12.2	6:22	6:32
4	12.2	6:22	6:32
5	12.2	6:22	6:31
6	12.1	6:22	6:31
7	12.1	6:22	6:31
8	12.1	6:22	6:30
9	12.1	6:22	6:30
10	12.1	6:22	6:29
11	12.1	6:22	6:29
12	12.1	6:22	6:28
13	12.1	6:22	6:28
14	12.1	6:22	6:27
15	12.1	6:22	6:26
16	12.1	6:22	6:26
17	12.1	6:22	6:25
18	12.0	6:22	6:25
19	12.0	6:22	6:24
20	12.0	6:22	6:24
21	12.0	6:22	6:23
22	12.0	6:22	6:23
23	12.0	6:22	6:22
24	12.0	6:22	6:21
25	12.0	6:22	6:21
26	12.0	6:22	6:20
27	12.0	6:22	6:20
28	12.0	6:22	6:19
29	12.0	6:21	6:19
30	11.9	6:21	6:18
31	11.9	6:21	6:17

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 5.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
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20	5.7	Bright
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24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Chimbote?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

7.0

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Chimbote for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Chimbote in March

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

In March, Chimbote sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Chimbote in March

The nearest coast averages about 22°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 22°C and coldest in October near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 4 to Apr 15 — about 3.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	21	22	22	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	19
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	21	Refreshing
Feb	22	Refreshing
Mar	22	Refreshing
Apr	20	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	17	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in Chimbote in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chimbote peaks around February 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	15	13	11	9	9	11	11	14	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Chimbote?

Chimbote sits at 9.1°S, 78.6°W, 1 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Coishco, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Chimbote

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chimbote has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 512 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 571 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,108 m.

The land around Chimbote is covered by artificial surfaces (38%) and water (37%) within 3 km, water (47%) and bare terrain (27%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (38%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

512 m

artificial surfaces 38%

16 km

571 m

water 47%

80 km

5,108 m

bare terrain 38%

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← February Chimbote year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Coishco 6.0 km · Virú 75 km · Moche 110 km · Laredo 117 km · Trujillo 117 km · Huarmey 121 km · Centenario 127 km · Huaraz 127 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 51% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,684; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.6; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 13.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 519
Religion

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 Chimbote (-9.0751°, -78.5937°, elevation 1 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20
29	27	20
30	27	20
31	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	12	88
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	16
9	16
10	16
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	10
29	10
30	9
31	9

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	81	6
2	13	81	6
3	13	81	6
4	13	81	6
5	13	80	7
6	13	80	7
7	13	80	7
8	13	80	7
9	14	79	7
10	14	79	7
11	15	78	7
12	15	78	7
13	16	76	8
14	17	75	8
15	18	74	8
16	19	73	8
17	21	71	8
18	22	69	9
19	23	68	9
20	24	67	9
21	26	65	9
22	27	64	9
23	29	63	8
24	30	62	8
25	32	60	8
26	33	59	8
27	35	58	7
28	37	56	7
29	38	56	6
30	40	54	6
31	42	53	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20
29	27	20
30	27	20
31	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	12	88
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	16
9	16
10	16
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	10
29	10
30	9
31	9

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	81	6
2	13	81	6
3	13	81	6
4	13	81	6
5	13	80	7
6	13	80	7
7	13	80	7
8	13	80	7
9	14	79	7
10	14	79	7
11	15	78	7
12	15	78	7
13	16	76	8
14	17	75	8
15	18	74	8
16	19	73	8
17	21	71	8
18	22	69	9
19	23	68	9
20	24	67	9
21	26	65	9
22	27	64	9
23	29	63	8
24	30	62	8
25	32	60	8
26	33	59	8
27	35	58	7
28	37	56	7
29	38	56	6
30	40	54	6
31	42	53	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20
29	27	20
30	27	20
31	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	12	88
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	16
9	16
10	16
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	10
29	10
30	9
31	9

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	13	81	6
2	13	81	6
3	13	81	6
4	13	81	6
5	13	80	7
6	13	80	7
7	13	80	7
8	13	80	7
9	14	79	7
10	14	79	7
11	15	78	7
12	15	78	7
13	16	76	8
14	17	75	8
15	18	74	8
16	19	73	8
17	21	71	8
18	22	69	9
19	23	68	9
20	24	67	9
21	26	65	9
22	27	64	9
23	29	63	8
24	30	62	8
25	32	60	8
26	33	59	8
27	35	58	7
28	37	56	7
29	38	56	6
30	40	54	6
31	42	53	5