Yanacocha Weather in March
Yanacocha in March
The short of it: Yanacocha in March averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 141 mm (5.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 4° · rain 141 mm · daylight 12 h 11 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Yanacocha an average March high of 15°, a low of 4° and some 141 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Yanacocha: highs scarcely reach 15°, nights fall to 4°. Wet spells are common — about 141 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 11 min in mid-March, 16 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 August and May.
Against its neighbours, Yanacocha runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Yanahuanca, 5 km to the S, is 2° cooler by day.
March in Yanacocha, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YanahuancaPasco | 5 km S | 12° | 2° | 144 mm |
| ChaupimarcaPasco | 8 km NNE | 14° | 3° | 138 mm |
| PaucarPasco | 13 km NNE | 15° | 5° | 132 mm |
| HuayoPasco | 14 km E | 13° | 2° | 149 mm |
| VinchosPasco | 24 km E | 13° | 2° | 156 mm |
| CaynaHuánuco Department | 25 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 112 mm |
| MoscaHuánuco Department | 27 km ENE | 18° | 7° | 119 mm |
| RauraHuánuco Department | 27 km W | 8° | -2° | 174 mm |