Climate averages 1991–2020
Lima weather
in October.
A mild, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Lima: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Anita - Los Ficus (6 km away). In October its highs average 19.6°C, 2.2°C cooler than Lima, with 2.5 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Lima ranks 16th of 24 for the warmest October highs and joint 6th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 23.6°C; Lima is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 2.5 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in OctoberPeru · 6 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Callao in OctoberPeru · 12 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Chosica in OctoberPeru · 36 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in OctoberPeru · 180 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Huancayo in OctoberPeru · 198 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in OctoberPeru · 250 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Ica in OctoberPeru · 266 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Chimbote in OctoberPeru · 372 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 1.9 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.