Pumachuco Weather in March
Pumachuco in March
The short of it: Pumachuco in March averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 140 mm (5.5 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 20° · low 8° · rain 140 mm · daylight 12 h 12 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
March in Pumachuco brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 8°, with about 140 mm of rain over the month. Pumachuco's coldest stretch of the year, 20° by day and 8° by night. Wet spells are common — about 140 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 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, Pumachuco runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Huaccana, 8 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
March in Pumachuco, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuaccanaApurímac Department | 8 km SE | 19° | 7° | 149 mm |
| ChunguiAyacucho | 18 km NE | 16° | 4° | 153 mm |
| OcrosAyacucho | 20 km WSW | 21° | 9° | 134 mm |
| San Pedro de ChuparoApurímac Department | 22 km SSE | 18° | 6° | 156 mm |
| TotorabambaApurímac Department | 25 km SSE | 15° | 3° | 162 mm |
| OcobambaApurímac Department | 26 km SE | 19° | 7° | 156 mm |
| AcocroAyacucho | 35 km WNW | 19° | 7° | 139 mm |
| MaucallactaApurímac Department | 37 km SE | 21° | 8° | 161 mm |