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Barometric pressure in Cajamarca

1015hPa
Falling

Day to day, pressure has fallen slowly. It is 1 hPa lower than this time yesterday. It has flattened out, and the week ahead keeps it near this level.

Sea level reading, as of 11:00 local time. A barometer in Cajamarca itself reads about 751 hPa.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now24° / 9°24° / 9°26° / 10°25° / 9°25° / 9°24° / 9°24° / 12°25° / 9°23° / 10°25° / 9°24° / 8°24° / 10°25° / 6°16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29101010151020
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 −1 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light rain24° / 12°4.8 mm

low 1012 · high 1019 hPa

MonAug 24 +1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light rain25° / 9°6.1 mm

low 1012 · high 1020 hPa

TueAug 25 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle23° / 10°2.9 mm

low 1013 · high 1021 hPa

WedAug 26 +1 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light drizzle25° / 9°1.2 mm

low 1011 · high 1018 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Drizzle24° / 8°1.8 mm

low 1011 · high 1018 hPa

FriAug 28 +2 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the afternoon.

Light drizzle24° / 10°2.7 mm

low 1012 · high 1019 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light drizzle25° / 6°0.6 mm

low 1012 · high 1020 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Overcast13°1019
01:00Overcast13°1019
02:00Overcast12°1018
03:00Partly cloudy12°1017
04:00Partly cloudy12°1017
05:00Partly cloudy12°1017
06:00Partly cloudy12°1017
07:00Overcast13°1018
08:00Overcast15°1017
09:00Overcast18°1017
10:00Overcast21°1016
11:00Light drizzle22°0.21015
12:00Light drizzle23°0.21013
13:00Light drizzle24°0.21012
14:00Light rain22°1.31012
15:00Light rain19°1.31013
16:00Light rain17°1.31013
17:00Light drizzle16°0.11014
18:00Light drizzle15°0.11014
19:00Light drizzle15°0.11015
20:00Mainly clear14°1016
21:00Mainly clear13°1017
22:00Clear sky13°1018
23:00Clear sky12°1019

A quiet week, with no day moving more than 9 hPa.

What happens next

The forecast shows no big move in either direction this week.

The daily rhythm

Cajamarca has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 8 hPa between a regular low and high, at almost the same hours each day. Most of what the graph shows is that daily wave, which is why the change since yesterday says more here than the change over a few hours.

Your own barometer

Cajamarca sits 2682 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 264 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 751 hPa as of 11:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Cajamarca.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Wondering if this weather is normal? See what the weather in Cajamarca has done since 1940, on our sister site weatherjourney.com.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Cajamarca, which stands 2682 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 264 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.