Climate averages 1991–2020
Piura weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Piura: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sullana (31 km away). In February its highs average 32.5°C, about as warm as Piura, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Piura ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Piura is 7.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Sullana in FebruaryPeru · 31 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Talara in FebruaryPeru · 96 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Tumbes in FebruaryPeru · 182 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Chiclayo in FebruaryPeru · 198 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Loja in FebruaryEcuador · 208 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Cuenca in FebruaryEcuador · 314 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 174 mm rain
- La Libertad in FebruaryEcuador · 329 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in FebruaryEcuador · 347 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 400 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.