Climate averages 1991–2020
Piura weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Piura: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sullana (31 km away). In January its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Piura, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Piura ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Piura is 7.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sullana in JanuaryPeru · 31 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Talara in JanuaryPeru · 96 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Tumbes in JanuaryPeru · 182 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Chiclayo in JanuaryPeru · 198 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Loja in JanuaryEcuador · 208 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Cuenca in JanuaryEcuador · 314 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 146 mm rain
- La Libertad in JanuaryEcuador · 329 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in JanuaryEcuador · 347 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 308 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.