Peru: the weather forecast for Lima on March 3

Spring, summer, fall or winter, it doesn’t matter the season these days, with recent weather changes turning a sunny afternoon into a storm in the blink of an eye.

Finding out about the weather has become a habit for many people to know what to wear, what shoes to choose, plan a trip or decide whether or not to carry an umbrella. Below we present the weather in Lima.

In Lima, it is planned a maximum temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 20 degrees Celsius.

As for the rain the chance of precipitation for this city will be 19% during the day and 18% at night.

In the same direction, the cloudiness will be 86% during the day and 100% at night. While the gusts of wind they will reach 30 kilometers per hour during the day and 28 kilometers per hour at night.

Watch out for the sun, ultraviolet rays should reach a level of up to 8.

In the department of Lima there are about ten types of climatedetermined by its proximity to the sea to the west and altitude to the east, presented mainly an arid and temperate climatic state, as well as zero humidity in all seasons of the year.

Of all the states of the time, the one that predominates and which covers approximately 50% of the territory of the said department is the arid with low humidity.

This climatic state is particular given the geographical conditions of the city, since it is located in a tropical area and practically at sea level. The key to understanding the type of climate in Lima comes from its proximity to the Andes Cordillera , as well as the Peruvian Cold Current or Humboldt Current, coming from the south.

The climate extends from the province of Cañete in the south and to the province of Barranca in the north, passing through the capital of Peru, practically a desert, where the rain falls very little and only between the months of July and September.

In the midst of this arid climate, “hill” ecosystems are formed in the provinces of Cañete, Lima, Huaral and Huaura, developed under the influence of winter mists and drizzlescreating a cool and humid environment in the middle of the desert.

In areas furthest from the coast and with it a higher altitude, the weather changes from arid to semi-arid and further east appear the cold and even rain a little more constant in summer.

Peru and its 38 climates

In Peru, up to 38 types of weather are feltaccording to the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi), this is due to the interaction between different climatic and geographical factors.

These main factors, details the Senamhi, are its geographical position on the Tropic of Capricorn and the proximity of the Andes mountain range.

Among the 38 climates, Senamhi highlights three main which are defined according to the area of ​​the country in which they are located.

On the coast of the South American country, which meets the Pacific Ocean and covers barely 11.6% of the national territory, the weather prevailing there is arid and temperatebeing its main climatic characteristic the rarity of the rains.

In the sawthe area close to the Andes and which occupies 28.1% of Peruvian territory, the climate is rainy and cold mostly.

While in the junglewhere the tropical climate of Peru is most filled, occupying 60.3% of its surface, the weather is defined as very rainy and hot.