Climate averages 1991–2020
Talara weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Talara: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sullana (74 km away). In December its highs average 31.6°C, 4.7°C warmer than Talara, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Talara ranks 9th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 24.6°C; Talara is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 19 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
Talara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 19 | 4.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 44 | 7.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 51 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 16 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 4.8 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 24.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 24.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| September | 24.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 3.8 | 1.2 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 26.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 14 | 2.7 | 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 · 74 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Piura in DecemberPeru · 96 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Tumbes in DecemberPeru · 146 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Loja in DecemberEcuador · 238 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 146 mm rain
- La Libertad in DecemberEcuador · 264 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Chiclayo in DecemberPeru · 290 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in DecemberEcuador · 311 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Cuenca in DecemberEcuador · 314 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 172 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 Talara) is explained once on the Talara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.