Maca Weather in March
Maca in March
The short of it: Maca in March averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 85 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 4° · rain 85 mm · daylight 12 h 13 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & October
Thirty years of records give Maca an average March high of 18°, a low of 4° and some 85 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Maca: highs scarcely reach 18°, nights fall to 4°. Wet spells are common — about 85 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 13 min in mid-March, 24 minutes less than a month before.
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 November and October.
Against its neighbours, Maca runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Madrigal, 6 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
March in Maca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 15 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h