Climate averages 1991–2020
Talara weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Talara: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sullana (74 km away). In January its highs average 32.8°C, 4.4°C warmer than Talara, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Talara ranks 9th of 24 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Talara is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 44 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
Talara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sullana in JanuaryPeru · 74 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Piura in JanuaryPeru · 96 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Tumbes in JanuaryPeru · 146 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Loja in JanuaryEcuador · 238 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 mm rain
- La Libertad in JanuaryEcuador · 264 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Chiclayo in JanuaryPeru · 290 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in JanuaryEcuador · 311 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Cuenca in JanuaryEcuador · 314 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 146 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.