Juliaca weather in March

In March, Juliaca sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 151 mm of precipitation across 25.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Juliaca's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Juliaca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
10th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
151 mm
25.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:47 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
79%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Juliaca is capital city of San Román, Puno, Peru.

Founded
1926

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 15°C through the month.

A typical March day in Juliaca reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 17°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)
1155
2155
3155
4155
5155
6155
7155
8155
9155
10155
11155
12155
13155
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31154

How March really feels in Juliaca

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Juliaca weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 19326.30.812.82.7
Feb15° / 18123.70.312.52.6
Mar15° / 15125.20.612.12.9
Apr15° / 7515.80.211.74.0
May16° / -1°225.40.111.35.7
Jun16° / -2°71.70.211.16.2
Jul16° / -3°720.111.26.3
Aug17° / -1°184.80.411.56.3
Sep17° / 4610.30.511.95.8
Oct18° / 7814.30.912.45.2
Nov18° / 7614.10.512.75.0
Dec16° / 14021.70.512.93.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
21387
31486
41486
51486
61585
71585
81585
91585
101684
111684
121684
131783
141783
151783
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191981
201981
212080
222080
232179
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292476
302575
312575

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Juliaca gets around 151 mm of rain and snow over 25.2 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 81% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1841
2841
3842
4842
5842
6842
7842
8832
9832
10832
11822
12822
13822
14812
15812
16811
17801
18801
19801
20802
21792
22792
23792
24792
25792
26782
27782
28772
29771
30761
31751

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
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17100
18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

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 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
25calm
35calm
45calm
55calm
65calm
75calm
85calm
95calm
105calm
115calm
125calm
135calm
145calm
155calm
165calm
175calm
185calm
195calm
205calm
215calm
225calm
235calm
245calm
255calm
265calm
275calm
285calm
295calm
305calm
315calm

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 5:44 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 5:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:446:04
212.35:446:03
312.35:446:02
412.35:456:02
512.35:456:01
612.35:456:00
712.25:456:00
812.25:465:59
912.25:465:58
1012.25:465:58
1112.25:465:57
1212.25:465:56
1312.25:465:56
1412.15:475:55
1512.15:475:54
1612.15:475:53
1712.15:475:53
1812.15:475:52
1912.15:475:51
2012.05:485:50
2112.05:485:50
2212.05:485:49
2312.05:485:48
2412.05:485:47
2512.05:485:47
2612.05:485:46
2711.95:485:45
2811.95:495:44
2911.95:495:44
3011.95:495:43
3111.95:495:42

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.58 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 6.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
36.5Intense
46.5Intense
56.5Intense
66.5Intense
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146.5Intense
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206.5Intense
216.4Intense
226.4Intense
236.4Intense
246.4Intense
256.4Intense
266.4Intense
276.4Intense
286.4Intense
296.4Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Juliaca

In seasonPeak

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

Juliaca's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is March a good time to visit Juliaca?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Juliaca.

What to pack for Juliaca in March

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

In March, Juliaca sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Juliaca in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 17 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Juliaca peaks around February 9 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 19Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Juliaca?

Juliaca sits at 15.5°S, 70.1°W, 3,834 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is San Miguel, 3.0 km away.

Isla del SolLa RinconadaCopacabanaYauri

Topography around Juliaca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Juliaca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 271 m around an average of 3,847 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 501 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,579 m.

The land around Juliaca is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
271 m
16 km
501 m
80 km
1,579 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: San Miguel 3.0 km · Puno 40 km · Ilave 82 km · Ayaviri 84 km · Isla del Sol 121 km · La Rinconada 122 km · Copacabana 135 km · Yauri 158 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 Juliaca (-15.5°, -70.1333°, elevation 3,834 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).