Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumbes weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Tumbes: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Loja (146 km away). In December its highs average 21.3°C, 8.9°C cooler than Tumbes, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Tumbes ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 24.6°C; Tumbes is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 74 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Loja in DecemberEcuador · 146 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Talara in DecemberPeru · 146 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Sullana in DecemberPeru · 152 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 18 mm rain
- La Libertad in DecemberEcuador · 156 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in DecemberEcuador · 168 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Cuenca in DecemberEcuador · 177 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Piura in DecemberPeru · 182 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Portoviejo in DecemberEcuador · 278 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 61 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.