Yurimaguas weather in March

In March, Yurimaguas sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 368 mm of rain across 28.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-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 1% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
23°
8th coldest
Rainfall
368 mm
28.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:13 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
88%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Yurimaguas is capital city of Alto Amazonas, Loreto, 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 Yurimaguas 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Yurimaguas

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.

Yurimaguas weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°26824.612.32.9
Feb31° / 23°2812412.22.8
Mar30° / 23°36828.3122.7
Apr30° / 23°28724.511.93.0
May30° / 23°20022.811.73.4
Jun30° / 22°15419.911.73.8
Jul30° / 22°12417.411.74.2
Aug31° / 22°12016.311.84.0
Sep31° / 23°16718.9123.4
Oct31° / 23°23323.712.13.0
Nov31° / 23°26024.612.32.8
Dec31° / 23°27925.712.32.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% 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 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2694
3694
4694
5694
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7694
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Yurimaguas gets around 368 mm of rain over 28.3 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 91% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
192
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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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
15545
25545
35446
45446
55446
65347
75347
85347
95347
105248
115248
125248
135248
145248
155347
165347
175347
185446
195446
205446
215545
225545
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245545
255446
265446
275347
285347
295248
305149
315149

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
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104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
154calm
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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 6:14 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:146:21
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312.16:146:21
412.16:146:20
512.16:146:20
612.16:146:20
712.16:146:19
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1012.16:146:18
1112.16:136:18
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1512.06:136:16
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1812.06:136:14
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2012.06:126:13
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2712.06:116:10
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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 4.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.14 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 4.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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314.4Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Yurimaguas?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yurimaguas.

What to pack for Yurimaguas in March

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

In March, Yurimaguas sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Yurimaguas 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 Yurimaguas peaks around February 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 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 15UV 16Aug 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Yurimaguas 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 Yurimaguas is worst in September — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (June, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateSep 1126 µg/m³Jun 1110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul12Good
Aug25Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Yurimaguas?

Yurimaguas sits at 5.9°S, 76.1°W, 143 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is La Banda, 70 km away.

RiojaBellavistaJuanjuíChachapoyasContamanaBagua Grande

Topography around Yurimaguas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yurimaguas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 144 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,177 m.

The land around Yurimaguas is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
149 m
80 km
2,177 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: La Banda 70 km · Moyobamba 95 km · Rioja 117 km · Bellavista 138 km · Juanjuí 157 km · Chachapoyas 197 km · Contamana 201 km · Bagua Grande 257 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 Yurimaguas (-5.9018°, -76.1223°, elevation 143 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).