Chiclayo climate

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Chiclayo is warmest in February, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 16 °C. March is the wettest month (74 mm) and August the driest (0.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chiclayo averages 196 mm of rain and 164 days above 25 °C.

Peru · population 609,400 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 29 °C
Coldest month August 16 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month March 74 mm
Least cloud June 54 % cloud
Hottest on record February 33 °C
Coldest on record August 14 °C
Warmest sea February 22 °C

What to expectChiclayo through the year

Chiclayo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in August to 29 °C in February, a swing of 6.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 164 days a year reach 25 °C, 11 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 74 mm against 0 mm in August — 671 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Chiclayo is warmest in February at 22 °C and coldest in October at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.6 °C	22 mm	73 %
February	28.9 °C	48 mm	82 %
March	28.8 °C	74 mm	84 %
April	26.8 °C	27 mm	68 %
May	25.1 °C	6 mm	57 %
June	23.6 °C	1 mm	54 %
July	22.7 °C	under 1 mm	56 %
August	22.4 °C	under 1 mm	56 %
September	22.6 °C	1 mm	64 %
October	23.0 °C	3 mm	71 %
November	23.9 °C	5 mm	73 %
December	25.5 °C	9 mm	71 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.6 °C	21.2 °C	23.5 °C	32.4 °C	17.8 °C	30	1
February	28.9 °C	22.6 °C	24.9 °C	32.9 °C	20.2 °C	28	4
March	28.8 °C	22.6 °C	24.9 °C	32.8 °C	19.0 °C	31	6
April	26.8 °C	20.7 °C	22.9 °C	30.9 °C	17.0 °C	26	0
May	25.1 °C	19.1 °C	21.2 °C	30.0 °C	15.8 °C	15	0
June	23.6 °C	17.8 °C	19.8 °C	28.5 °C	14.9 °C	5	0
July	22.7 °C	16.9 °C	18.9 °C	27.8 °C	14.2 °C	1	0
August	22.4 °C	16.3 °C	18.4 °C	27.9 °C	13.5 °C	1	0
September	22.6 °C	16.3 °C	18.5 °C	28.7 °C	13.6 °C	1	0
October	23.0 °C	16.6 °C	18.8 °C	27.6 °C	14.2 °C	2	0
November	23.9 °C	17.4 °C	19.7 °C	28.3 °C	14.0 °C	5	0
December	25.5 °C	19.1 °C	21.4 °C	30.3 °C	15.2 °C	19	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	22 mm	4	12 h/day	73 %	78 %	19 km/h	20.3 °C
February	48 mm	7	12 h/day	82 %	77 %	17 km/h	21.8 °C
March	74 mm	9	12 h/day	84 %	78 %	16 km/h	21.7 °C
April	27 mm	5	12 h/day	68 %	80 %	17 km/h	19.8 °C
May	6 mm	2	12 h/day	57 %	80 %	18 km/h	19.2 °C
June	1 mm	0	12 h/day	54 %	80 %	19 km/h	18.4 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	56 %	80 %	19 km/h	17.7 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	56 %	79 %	19 km/h	17.4 °C
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	64 %	79 %	19 km/h	17.1 °C
October	3 mm	1	12 h/day	71 %	79 %	19 km/h	16.9 °C
November	5 mm	1	12 h/day	73 %	79 %	19 km/h	17.6 °C
December	9 mm	3	13 h/day	71 %	79 %	19 km/h	18.7 °C

How Chiclayo compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Chiclayo	29 °C	16 °C	196 mm	164
Cajamarca · Peru	21 °C	8.8 °C	2,619 mm	0
Trujillo · Peru	27 °C	16 °C	190 mm	129
Piura · Peru	33 °C	17 °C	298 mm	364
Sullana · Peru	33 °C	17 °C	318 mm	365
Chimbote · Peru	27 °C	15 °C	49 mm	94
Loja · Ecuador	22 °C	13 °C	1,283 mm	1

Where Chiclayo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in South America in August	12th of 50	0.1 mm
The driest places in South America in June	18th of 50	0.8 mm
Places with the best weather in South America in October	19th of 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in South America in September	19th of 50	92/100
The driest places in South America in September	19th of 50	1.0 mm
Places with the best weather in South America year-round	20th of 50	85/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Chiclayo.

QuestionsCommon questions about Chiclayo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chiclayo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Chiclayo get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 11 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 16 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Chiclayo?

March, averaging 74 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 196 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Chiclayo rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -6.770°, -79.855° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.