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Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) in March

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 7 minutes.March in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 7 minutes.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 56% of days
Daylight
12h 07mon average

Is March a good time to visit Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)?

March sits outside Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)'s best months, which run from August to November. Expect hot days and rain on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in March, against 82°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in March, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

56% of days in March, against 2% to 64% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in March, against 54% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

12h 07m in March, against 12h 05m to 12h 10m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. February88°31°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. March90°32°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. April89°32°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Galápagos (Puerto Ayora) sits, in March

Pacific/Galapagos
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:07 AMsets 6:14 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
0.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Mashpi Reserve1276 km east

The land around Galápagos (Puerto Ayora), shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Ecuador in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Galápagos (Puerto Ayora)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Galápagos (Puerto Ayora). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (170 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (170 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.