Climate averages 1991–2020
Piura weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Piura: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sullana (31 km away). In May its highs average 31.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Piura, with 4.9 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Piura ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 23.7°C; Piura is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.7 mm to 2.8 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sullana in MayPeru · 31 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Talara in MayPeru · 96 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Tumbes in MayPeru · 182 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Chiclayo in MayPeru · 198 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Loja in MayEcuador · 208 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Cuenca in MayEcuador · 314 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 100 mm rain
- La Libertad in MayEcuador · 329 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MayEcuador · 347 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 287 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.