Climate averages 1991–2020
Trujillo weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Trujillo: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chimbote (117 km away). In January its highs average 25.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Trujillo, with 6.2 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Trujillo ranks 12th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Trujillo is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 53 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
Trujillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 26 | 6.8 | 12.513 h |
| February | 26.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 53 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 26.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 66 | 15.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 24.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| July | 22.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| August | 22.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 22.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 23.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 12.512 h |
| December | 25.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 9.0 | 2.2 | 12.613 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
- Chimbote in JanuaryPeru · 117 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Chiclayo in JanuaryPeru · 175 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in JanuaryPeru · 367 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Piura in JanuaryPeru · 372 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Sullana in JanuaryPeru · 401 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Loja in JanuaryEcuador · 459 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Talara in JanuaryPeru · 465 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Callao in JanuaryPeru · 484 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.2 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 Trujillo) is explained once on the Trujillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.