Puno Weather in March
Puno in March
The short of it: Puno in March averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 120 mm (4.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 4° · rain 120 mm · daylight 12 h 13 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: November & October
Thirty years of records give Puno an average March high of 16°, a low of 4° and some 120 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 16°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 120 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 13 min in mid-March, 25 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and October.
Against its neighbours, Puno runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Chullune, 4 km to the NE, is 1° warmer by day.
March in Puno, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 49 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h