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Lima in March

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Lima is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 69°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Lima is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
12h 11mon average

Is March a good time to visit Lima?

A good month, just outside Lima's best months, which run from September to December.

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 82°F in March, against 73°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in March, against 23°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in March, against 1% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

77% cover in March, against 32% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

12h 11m in March, against 11h 26m to 12h 49m 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.

Either side

  1. February82°28°low 69°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March82°28°low 69°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April80°27°low 66°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Lima sits, in March

America/Lima
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:12 AMsets 6:23 PM
Above the sea
150 mlow-lying
Latitude
12.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sacred Valley (Urubamba)548 km east

The land around Lima, 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 Peru in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Lima

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lima. 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 (150 m) against the climate model's (308 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 (150 m) against the climate model's (308 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.