Hualmay weather in March

In March, Hualmay sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 57 mm of rain across 16.7 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

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

Daytime high
25°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
57 mm
16.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:18 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
84%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Hualmay is city in Lima, Peru.

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 25°C through the month.

A typical March day in Hualmay reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Hualmay weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 18°268.712.66.5
Feb25° / 19°5415.312.45.3
Mar25° / 19°5716.712.15.4
Apr24° / 18°113.611.87.8
May23° / 16°10.211.58.7
Jun22° / 15°00.111.48.6
Jul22° / 15°0011.48.6
Aug21° / 15°10.111.68.6
Sep22° / 15°20.511.98.3
Oct22° / 15°41.312.28.0
Nov23° / 16°41.312.58.0
Dec24° / 17°113.612.67.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
4793
5892
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Hualmay gets around 57 mm of rain over 16.7 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 52% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2643
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3036
3135

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 13% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
128513
228513
328513
428513
528513
628513
738413
838413
938413
1048313
1148313
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29147610
3015769
3116759

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
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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 6:17 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:176:31
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412.26:176:29
512.26:176:29
612.26:176:28
712.26:176:28
812.26:176:27
912.16:186:26
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1112.16:186:25
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1312.16:186:24
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2012.06:186:20
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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 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 5.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is March a good time to visit Hualmay?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Hualmay for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hualmay in March

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

In March, Hualmay sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Hualmay 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 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 2 to Apr 7 — about 3.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

16°18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan21Refreshing
Feb22Refreshing
Mar21Refreshing
Apr20Cool
May19Cool
Jun19Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct17Cool
Nov18Cool
Dec19Cool

UV index in Hualmay in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hualmay peaks around February 13 at about 15 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 13UV 15Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Hualmay 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 Hualmay is worst in May — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (January, 18 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 2130 µg/m³Jan 1818 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May30Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Hualmay?

Hualmay sits at 11.1°S, 77.6°W, 39 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Huacho, 2.0 km away.

CallaoCarmen De La Legua Reynoso

Topography around Hualmay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hualmay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 861 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,156 m.

The land around Hualmay is covered by water (29%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, water (44%) and bare terrain (34%) within 16 km, and water (43%) and bare terrain (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
120 m
16 km
861 m
80 km
5,156 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Huacho 2.0 km · Huaura 3.0 km · Barranca 42 km · Paramonga 53 km · Huaral 63 km · Chancay 65 km · Callao 118 km · Carmen De La Legua Reynoso 120 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
Catholic 76%Evangelical Christian 16%no religion 5%other religions 3%

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 Hualmay (-11.0964°, -77.6139°, elevation 39 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. 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).