Climate averages 1991–2020
Piura weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Piura: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sullana (31 km away). In October its highs average 29.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Piura, with 2.5 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Piura ranks 7th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 23.6°C; Piura is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.1 mm to 8.2 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sullana in OctoberPeru · 31 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Talara in OctoberPeru · 96 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Tumbes in OctoberPeru · 182 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Chiclayo in OctoberPeru · 198 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Loja in OctoberEcuador · 208 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Cuenca in OctoberEcuador · 314 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 127 mm rain
- La Libertad in OctoberEcuador · 329 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in OctoberEcuador · 347 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 97 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.