Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumbes weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Tumbes: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.6 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Loja (146 km away). In October its highs average 22.1°C, 7.3°C cooler than Tumbes, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Tumbes ranks 6th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 23.6°C; Tumbes is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.6 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Loja in OctoberEcuador · 146 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Talara in OctoberPeru · 146 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Sullana in OctoberPeru · 152 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- La Libertad in OctoberEcuador · 156 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in OctoberEcuador · 168 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Cuenca in OctoberEcuador · 177 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Piura in OctoberPeru · 182 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Portoviejo in OctoberEcuador · 278 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 18 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.