Climate averages 1991–2020
Lima weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Lima: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.2 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Anita - Los Ficus (6 km away). In April its highs average 22.7°C, 2.2°C cooler than Lima, with 7.2 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Lima ranks 13th of 24 for the warmest April highs and joint 6th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 24.7°C; Lima is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.2 mm to 1.8 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 19 | 5.7 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 31 | 8.9 | 12.512 h |
| March | 26.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 24 | 7.6 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 24.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 7.2 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 23.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| June | 21.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 1.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| July | 20.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| August | 20.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0.9 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 21.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 21.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 22.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 24.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 6.2 | 1.7 | 12.813 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in AprilPeru · 6 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Callao in AprilPeru · 12 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Chosica in AprilPeru · 36 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in AprilPeru · 180 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Huancayo in AprilPeru · 198 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in AprilPeru · 250 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Ica in AprilPeru · 266 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Chimbote in AprilPeru · 372 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 4.0 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lima) is explained once on the Lima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Santa Anita - Los Ficus lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.