Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumbes weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Tumbes: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Loja (146 km away). In January its highs average 20.9°C, 9.1°C cooler than Tumbes, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Tumbes ranks joint 3rd of 24 for the warmest January highs and 14th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Tumbes is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 150 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
Tumbes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Loja in JanuaryEcuador · 146 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Talara in JanuaryPeru · 146 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Sullana in JanuaryPeru · 152 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 35 mm rain
- La Libertad in JanuaryEcuador · 156 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in JanuaryEcuador · 168 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Cuenca in JanuaryEcuador · 177 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Piura in JanuaryPeru · 182 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Portoviejo in JanuaryEcuador · 278 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 132 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.