Querecotillo weather in March

In March, Querecotillo sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 146 mm of rain across 14.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Querecotillo's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Querecotillo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
146 mm
14.8 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:31 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Querecotillo is city in Piura, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Querecotillo reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Querecotillo

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.

Querecotillo 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°425.812.24.2
Feb32° / 22°11912.612.23.5
Mar32° / 22°14614.8123.3
Apr32° / 21°598.411.94.0
May31° / 20°61.611.85.3
Jun29° / 18°10.411.77.0
Jul28° / 17°10.211.78.2
Aug27° / 16°0011.88.4
Sep28° / 17°10.4127.8
Oct29° / 17°30.612.16.9
Nov29° / 18°61.612.26.2
Dec31° / 19°192.812.35.3

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 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Querecotillo gets around 146 mm of rain over 14.8 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 48% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
149
249
348
448
548
648
748
848
948
1049
1149
1249
1349
1449
1549
1649
1749
1849
1949
2049
2149
2248
2348
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2546
2646
2745
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2944
3043
3142

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 84% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11460251
21461250
31461250
41461250
51363240
61363240
71363240
81264240
91265230
101265230
111264240
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161361260
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211754290
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241951300
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282152270
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302252260
312253250

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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66calm
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126calm
136calm
146calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:336:39
212.16:336:38
312.16:336:38
412.16:336:38
512.16:336:38
612.16:326:37
712.16:326:37
812.16:326:36
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3112.06:296:26

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Querecotillo?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Querecotillo.

What to pack for Querecotillo in March

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

In March, Querecotillo sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Querecotillo in March

The nearest coast averages about 23°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 53 km away) is warmest in February at about 23°C and coldest in August near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Dec 15 to May 28 — about 5.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

16°18°20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan22Refreshing
Feb23Refreshing
Mar23Refreshing
Apr21Refreshing
May20Refreshing
Jun19Cool
Jul19Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct19Cool
Nov19Cool
Dec20Refreshing

UV index in Querecotillo 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 Querecotillo peaks around February 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 17UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Querecotillo?

Querecotillo sits at 4.8°S, 80.6°W, 53 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Marcavelica, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Querecotillo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Querecotillo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,431 m.

The land around Querecotillo is covered by trees (56%) within 3 km, shrubs (31%) and bare terrain (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (31%) and bare terrain (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
103 m
16 km
193 m
80 km
3,431 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Marcavelica 8.0 km · Sullana 9.0 km · Tambo Grande 35 km · Piura 38 km · San Martin 39 km · Catacaos 48 km · Paita 59 km · Chulucanas 61 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 Querecotillo (-4.8378°, -80.6456°, elevation 53 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).