Ocobamba Weather in March
Ocobamba in March
The short of it: Ocobamba in March averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 156 mm (6.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 7° · rain 156 mm · daylight 12 h 12 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Ocobamba an average March high of 19°, a low of 7° and some 156 mm of rain. Ocobamba's coldest stretch of the year, 19° by day and 7° by night. Wet spells are common — about 156 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 12 min in mid-March, 21 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 May and August.
Against its neighbours, Ocobamba runs cooler than most and drier than most in March. Maucallacta, 11 km to the SE, is 1° warmer by day.
March in Ocobamba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 30 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MaucallactaApurímac Department | 11 km SE | 21° | 8° | 161 mm |
| TotorabambaApurímac Department | 13 km WSW | 15° | 3° | 162 mm |
| San Pedro de ChuparoApurímac Department | 14 km WSW | 18° | 6° | 156 mm |
| HuaccanaApurímac Department | 18 km NW | 19° | 7° | 149 mm |
| HuancasApurímac Department | 20 km E | 24° | 10° | 168 mm |
| Santa Maria de ChicmoApurímac Department | 21 km SSE | 19° | 6° | 157 mm |
| TalaveraApurímac Department | 24 km SE | 21° | 8° | 169 mm |
| CocharcasApurímac Department | 24 km SW | 18° | 6° | 161 mm |