Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumbes weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Tumbes: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Loja (146 km away). In April its highs average 20.8°C, 8.9°C cooler than Tumbes, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Tumbes ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 24.7°C; Tumbes is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs stay level at 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Tumbes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 74 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 150 | 16.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 167 | 16.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 103 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 9.8 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 4.5 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.0 | 1.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 9.6 | 2.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 15 | 3.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 34 | 5.8 | 12.312 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
April in nearby cities
- Loja in AprilEcuador · 146 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Talara in AprilPeru · 146 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Sullana in AprilPeru · 152 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 42 mm rain
- La Libertad in AprilEcuador · 156 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in AprilEcuador · 168 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 366 mm rain
- Cuenca in AprilEcuador · 177 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 155 mm rain
- Piura in AprilPeru · 182 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Portoviejo in AprilEcuador · 278 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 158 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 Tumbes) is explained once on the Tumbes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.