Quito Weather in March
Quito in March
The short of it: Quito in March averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 146 mm (5.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 146 mm · daylight 12 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
March in Quito brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 8°, with about 146 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Quito: highs scarcely reach 19°, nights fall to 8°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 146 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 7 min in mid-March.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Quito runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Sangolquí, 14 km to the SE, is 2° warmer by day.
March in Quito, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 28 mm more rain
- Versus April
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SangolquíPichincha | 14 km SE | 21° | 9° | 148 mm |
| PomasquiPichincha | 21 km NNE | 21° | 10° | 120 mm |
| OyambarilloPichincha | 22 km E | 20° | 9° | 125 mm |
| MachachiPichincha | 32 km S | 19° | 7° | 140 mm |
| CayambePichincha | 52 km NE | 20° | 8° | 106 mm |
| OtavaloImbabura | 59 km NNE | 20° | 9° | 98 mm |
| CotacachiImbabura | 66 km NNE | 21° | 10° | 94 mm |
| SaquisilíCotopaxi | 70 km SSW | 18° | 7° | 86 mm |