La Merced Weather in March
La Merced in March
The short of it: La Merced in March averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 106 mm (4.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 8° · rain 106 mm · daylight 12 h 12 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give La Merced an average March high of 21°, a low of 8° and some 106 mm of rain. La Merced's coldest stretch of the year, 21° by day and 8° by night. Wet spells are common — about 106 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 12 min in mid-March, 20 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, La Merced runs cooler than most and about as wet in March. Mayocc, 4 km to the WSW, is 4° warmer by day.
March in La Merced, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 16 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MayoccHuancavelica | 4 km WSW | 24° | 11° | 92 mm |
| San José de SecceAyacucho | 12 km ENE | 22° | 10° | 98 mm |
| MarcasHuancavelica | 12 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 116 mm |
| ChacaAyacucho | 17 km E | 16° | 4° | 140 mm |
| HuantaAyacucho | 20 km SE | 21° | 9° | 96 mm |
| CongallaHuancavelica | 24 km SW | 21° | 9° | 100 mm |
| San Pedro de CorisHuancavelica | 24 km NNW | 22° | 10° | 109 mm |
| TororumiHuancavelica | 25 km W | 16° | 4° | 139 mm |