Vilcabamba Weather in March
Vilcabamba in March
The short of it: Vilcabamba in March averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 163 mm (6.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 13 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 19° · low 6° · rain 163 mm · daylight 12 h 13 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Vilcabamba an average March high of 19°, a low of 6° and some 163 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Vilcabamba: highs scarcely reach 19°, nights fall to 6°. Wet spells are common — about 163 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 13 min in mid-March, 22 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 September and August.
Against its neighbours, Vilcabamba runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Ayrihuanca, 4 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
March in Vilcabamba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 25 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AyrihuancaApurímac Department | 4 km SSE | 17° | 5° | 164 mm |
| ProgresoApurímac Department | 16 km E | 15° | 3° | 172 mm |
| TurpayApurímac Department | 17 km S | 18° | 5° | 168 mm |
| MamaraApurímac Department | 17 km SSE | 18° | 5° | 168 mm |
| HuayllatiApurímac Department | 22 km NE | 17° | 5° | 156 mm |
| LambramaApurímac Department | 28 km NW | 19° | 6° | 170 mm |
| AcpitánApurímac Department | 35 km NE | 17° | 5° | 154 mm |
| HuaquircaApurímac Department | 41 km SW | 18° | 5° | 173 mm |