Climate averages 1991–2020
Piura weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Piura: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sullana (31 km away). In April its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Piura, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Piura ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 24.7°C; Piura is 7.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 6.7 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
Piura climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 37 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 63 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 33.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 107 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 38 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 6.7 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 4.1 | 1.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.2 | 2.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 21 | 4.8 | 12.412 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
- Sullana in AprilPeru · 31 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Talara in AprilPeru · 96 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Tumbes in AprilPeru · 182 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Chiclayo in AprilPeru · 198 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Loja in AprilEcuador · 208 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Cuenca in AprilEcuador · 314 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 155 mm rain
- La Libertad in AprilEcuador · 329 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in AprilEcuador · 347 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 366 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 Piura) is explained once on the Piura year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.