Climate averages 1991–2020

Tumbes weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 20.9°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 4.5 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tumbes · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Tumbes: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 4.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Loja (146 km away). In July its highs average 19.8°C, 9.3°C cooler than Tumbes, with 37 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Tumbes ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest July highs and 13th of 24 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 24 cities is 22.4°C; Tumbes is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.5 mm to 1.1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tumbes, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.0°C23.2°C23.2°C7412.312.312 h
February 29.5°C23.5°C23.5°C15016.812.212 h
March 29.6°C23.5°C23.5°C16716.612.112 h
April 29.7°C23.3°C23.3°C10312.312.012 h
May 29.7°C22.9°C22.9°C417.112.012 h
June 29.3°C21.8°C21.8°C9.82.511.912 h
July, selected 29.2°C20.9°C20.9°C4.51.311.912 h
August 29.3°C20.4°C20.4°C1.10.312.012 h
September 29.3°C20.6°C20.6°C6.01.812.112 h
October 29.4°C20.9°C20.9°C9.62.812.212 h
November 29.6°C21.1°C21.1°C153.712.312 h
December 30.2°C22.3°C22.3°C345.812.312 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Tumbes

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 limits

How 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.