El Pedregal weather in March

In March, El Pedregal sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 23 mm of rain across 6.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in March, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is El Pedregal's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Pedregal's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 23 mm; 6.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:55 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

El Pedregal is village in Arequipa, Peru.

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 23°C through the month.

A typical March day in El Pedregal reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

El Pedregal weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 15°	31	7.4	12.9	6.8
Feb	23° / 16°	39	9.4	12.5	6.4
Mar	23° / 16°	23	6.6	12.1	7.1
Apr	24° / 15°	5	1.4	11.6	8.4
May	24° / 14°	0	0	11.2	9.2
Jun	23° / 13°	0	0	11	9.2
Jul	22° / 12°	0	0.1	11.1	9.2
Aug	23° / 13°	1	0.2	11.5	9.2
Sep	24° / 14°	1	0.2	11.9	9.3
Oct	24° / 14°	1	0.1	12.4	8.9
Nov	24° / 14°	1	0.2	12.8	8.6
Dec	24° / 15°	8	2.3	13	7.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	21	23	23	24	25	26	28	28	30	30	32	33
Cloudier (%)	88	88	87	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	83	83	83	82	82	81	80	79	79	79	77	77	76	75	74	72	72	70	70	68	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	32	68
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

El Pedregal gets around 23 mm of rain over 6.6 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 21% and peaks near 29% 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 (%)	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	10

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

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the comfortable band about 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Comfortable (%)	70	70	70	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	67	68	67	67	68	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	61	60	60	59	58	57
Humid (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	19	70	11
2	19	70	11
3	19	70	11
4	20	69	11
5	20	69	11
6	21	68	11
7	21	68	11
8	22	68	10
9	22	68	10
10	23	68	9
11	24	67	9
12	24	68	8
13	25	67	8
14	26	67	7
15	26	68	6
16	27	67	6
17	28	67	5
18	29	66	5
19	30	66	4
20	31	65	4
21	32	65	3
22	33	64	3
23	34	63	3
24	35	63	2
25	36	62	2
26	37	61	2
27	38	60	2
28	39	60	1
29	40	59	1
30	41	58	1
31	42	57	1

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
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29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 5:50 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:52	6:12
2	12.3	5:52	6:12
3	12.3	5:52	6:11
4	12.3	5:52	6:10
5	12.3	5:53	6:10
6	12.3	5:53	6:09
7	12.3	5:53	6:08
8	12.2	5:53	6:08
9	12.2	5:54	6:07
10	12.2	5:54	6:06
11	12.2	5:54	6:06
12	12.2	5:54	6:05
13	12.2	5:54	6:04
14	12.1	5:55	6:03
15	12.1	5:55	6:03
16	12.1	5:55	6:02
17	12.1	5:55	6:01
18	12.1	5:55	6:00
19	12.1	5:56	6:00
20	12.1	5:56	5:59
21	12.0	5:56	5:58
22	12.0	5:56	5:57
23	12.0	5:56	5:56
24	12.0	5:56	5:56
25	12.0	5:56	5:55
26	12.0	5:57	5:54
27	11.9	5:57	5:53
28	11.9	5:57	5:52
29	11.9	5:57	5:52
30	11.9	5:57	5:51
31	11.9	5:57	5:50

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.1 kWh/m² to a high of 7.99 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 5.89 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	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
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20	5.9	Bright
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24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit El Pedregal?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit El Pedregal for general sightseeing.

What to pack for El Pedregal in March

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

In March, El Pedregal sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near El Pedregal in March

The nearest coast averages about 21°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 55 km away) is warmest in February at about 22°C and coldest in August near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Dec 11 to Apr 14 — about 4.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

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

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

UV index in El Pedregal 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 El Pedregal peaks around February 8 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 8 (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)	17	17	14	13	10	8	9	11	13	15	14	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is El Pedregal?

El Pedregal sits at 16.4°S, 72.2°W, 1,400 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Camaná, 62 km away.

Topography around El Pedregal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Pedregal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 1,395 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 934 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,249 m.

The land around El Pedregal is covered by cropland (40%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (78%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

133 m

cropland 40%

16 km

934 m

bare terrain 78%

80 km

6,249 m

bare terrain 67%

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

March weather nearby: Camaná 62 km · Cono Norte 65 km · Jacobo Hunter 69 km · Arequipa 70 km · Selva Alegre 71 km · Ciudad Satelite 71 km · Mollendo 76 km · Moquegua 163 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
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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 El Pedregal (-16.3631°, -72.1921°, elevation 1,400 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	23	16
2	23	16
3	23	16
4	23	16
5	23	16
6	23	16
7	23	16
8	23	16
9	23	16
10	23	16
11	23	16
12	23	16
13	23	16
14	23	16
15	23	16
16	23	16
17	23	16
18	23	16
19	23	16
20	23	15
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	24	15
31	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	32	68
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	19	70	11
2	19	70	11
3	19	70	11
4	20	69	11
5	20	69	11
6	21	68	11
7	21	68	11
8	22	68	10
9	22	68	10
10	23	68	9
11	24	67	9
12	24	68	8
13	25	67	8
14	26	67	7
15	26	68	6
16	27	67	6
17	28	67	5
18	29	66	5
19	30	66	4
20	31	65	4
21	32	65	3
22	33	64	3
23	34	63	3
24	35	63	2
25	36	62	2
26	37	61	2
27	38	60	2
28	39	60	1
29	40	59	1
30	41	58	1
31	42	57	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	32	68
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	19	70	11
2	19	70	11
3	19	70	11
4	20	69	11
5	20	69	11
6	21	68	11
7	21	68	11
8	22	68	10
9	22	68	10
10	23	68	9
11	24	67	9
12	24	68	8
13	25	67	8
14	26	67	7
15	26	68	6
16	27	67	6
17	28	67	5
18	29	66	5
19	30	66	4
20	31	65	4
21	32	65	3
22	33	64	3
23	34	63	3
24	35	63	2
25	36	62	2
26	37	61	2
27	38	60	2
28	39	60	1
29	40	59	1
30	41	58	1
31	42	57	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	26	74
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	32	68
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	19	70	11
2	19	70	11
3	19	70	11
4	20	69	11
5	20	69	11
6	21	68	11
7	21	68	11
8	22	68	10
9	22	68	10
10	23	68	9
11	24	67	9
12	24	68	8
13	25	67	8
14	26	67	7
15	26	68	6
16	27	67	6
17	28	67	5
18	29	66	5
19	30	66	4
20	31	65	4
21	32	65	3
22	33	64	3
23	34	63	3
24	35	63	2
25	36	62	2
26	37	61	2
27	38	60	2
28	39	60	1
29	40	59	1
30	41	58	1
31	42	57	1