Riobamba Weather in March
Riobamba in March
The short of it: Riobamba in March averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 66 mm · daylight 12 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & January
March in Riobamba brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 9°, with about 66 mm of rain over the month. Much like February: highs about 20°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 66 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Riobamba runs about middling and drier than most in March. Guano, 7 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
March in Riobamba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 17 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
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GuanoChimborazo Province | 7 km NNE | 20° | 9° | 68 mm |
| GuarandaBolívar | 39 km WNW | 18° | 9° | 125 mm |
| PelileoTungurahua Province | 39 km NNE | 21° | 9° | 59 mm |
| BañosTungurahua Province | 40 km NE | 21° | 12° | 82 mm |
| San Miguel de BolívarBolívar | 43 km W | 18° | 9° | 154 mm |
| AmbatoTungurahua Province | 46 km N | 21° | 10° | 57 mm |
| PíllaroTungurahua Province | 56 km NNE | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| AlausíChimborazo Province | 63 km SSW | 19° | 9° | 119 mm |