San Fernando weather in March

In March, San Fernando sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 350 mm of rain across 26.3 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 San Fernando's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Fernando's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
8th coldest
Rainfall
350 mm
26.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:06 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
88%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

San Fernando is city in Ucayali, 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 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in San Fernando reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°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 San Fernando

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.

San Fernando weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°30225.612.42.9
Feb30° / 23°31023.312.32.9
Mar30° / 23°35026.312.12.9
Apr30° / 23°2572311.83.2
May30° / 23°15819.311.63.9
Jun30° / 22°9814.311.54.5
Jul30° / 22°8211.211.64.9
Aug31° / 23°9911.411.74.4
Sep32° / 23°14815.1123.7
Oct31° / 23°22621.612.23.2
Nov31° / 23°27623.712.43.0
Dec31° / 24°29025.512.52.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3694
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

San Fernando gets around 350 mm of rain over 26.3 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 85% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
106337
206238
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Wind in March

Winds average 4 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 4 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
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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 6:06 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:066:17
212.26:066:16
312.26:066:16
412.26:066:15
512.16:066:15
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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 4.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 4.52 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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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 San Fernando?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San Fernando.

What to pack for San Fernando in March

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

In March, San Fernando sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in San Fernando 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 San Fernando peaks around February 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 10 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 13UV 16Sep 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in San Fernando 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 San Fernando is worst in September — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.7× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateSep 1429 µg/m³Jun 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr11Good
May9Good
Jun8Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is San Fernando?

San Fernando sits at 8.4°S, 74.5°W, 155 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Pucallpa, 3.0 km away.

AguaytíaContamanaTingo MaríaMâncio LimaMarechal ThaumaturgoUchizaTocache

Topography around San Fernando

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Fernando has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 152 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m.

The land around San Fernando is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
38 m
80 km
711 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Pucallpa 3.0 km · Aguaytía 128 km · Contamana 130 km · Tingo María 189 km · Mâncio Lima 201 km · Marechal Thaumaturgo 201 km · Uchiza 212 km · Tocache 219 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 San Fernando (-8.3982°, -74.5377°, elevation 155 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. 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).