Climate averages 1991–2020
Piura weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Piura: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sullana (31 km away). In December its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Piura, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Piura ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 24.6°C; Piura is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Sullana in DecemberPeru · 31 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Talara in DecemberPeru · 96 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Tumbes in DecemberPeru · 182 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Chiclayo in DecemberPeru · 198 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Loja in DecemberEcuador · 208 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Cuenca in DecemberEcuador · 314 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 172 mm rain
- La Libertad in DecemberEcuador · 329 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in DecemberEcuador · 347 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 164 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.