Piura climate

Name: Piura
Address: PE

Piura is warmest in March, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 17 °C. March is the wettest month (112 mm) and August the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Piura averages 298 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Peru · population 630,000 · 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 March 33 °C
Coldest month August 17 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month March 112 mm
Least cloud August 39 % cloud
Hottest on record March 38 °C
Coldest on record July 14 °C

What to expectPiura through the year

Piura has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in August to 33 °C in March, a swing of 6.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 197 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 112 mm against 0 mm in August — 299 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.7 °C	37 mm	69 %
February	32.9 °C	65 mm	81 %
March	33.2 °C	112 mm	82 %
April	32.6 °C	40 mm	63 %
May	31.2 °C	8 mm	50 %
June	29.1 °C	3 mm	44 %
July	27.8 °C	1 mm	42 %
August	27.7 °C	under 1 mm	39 %
September	28.5 °C	2 mm	51 %
October	29.2 °C	4 mm	61 %
November	29.9 °C	8 mm	67 %
December	31.2 °C	19 mm	65 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.7 °C	22.1 °C	26.1 °C	37.6 °C	18.2 °C	31	29
February	32.9 °C	23.3 °C	26.9 °C	37.7 °C	20.8 °C	28	26
March	33.2 °C	23.3 °C	27.0 °C	38.3 °C	20.3 °C	31	28
April	32.6 °C	21.9 °C	26.0 °C	37.3 °C	18.4 °C	30	27
May	31.2 °C	20.2 °C	24.4 °C	36.3 °C	16.3 °C	31	24
June	29.1 °C	18.6 °C	22.6 °C	34.7 °C	15.7 °C	30	9
July	27.8 °C	17.5 °C	21.4 °C	32.6 °C	14.2 °C	31	2
August	27.7 °C	17.0 °C	21.0 °C	33.0 °C	14.4 °C	31	1
September	28.5 °C	17.2 °C	21.4 °C	34.5 °C	15.1 °C	30	4
October	29.2 °C	17.6 °C	21.8 °C	34.0 °C	14.4 °C	31	8
November	29.9 °C	18.2 °C	22.5 °C	34.9 °C	14.3 °C	30	13
December	31.2 °C	20.0 °C	24.2 °C	35.7 °C	15.1 °C	31	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	37 mm	5	12 h/day	69 %	66 %	22 km/h
February	65 mm	9	12 h/day	81 %	68 %	19 km/h
March	112 mm	11	12 h/day	82 %	68 %	19 km/h
April	40 mm	6	12 h/day	63 %	67 %	20 km/h
May	8 mm	2	12 h/day	50 %	67 %	21 km/h
June	3 mm	1	12 h/day	44 %	69 %	20 km/h
July	1 mm	0	12 h/day	42 %	70 %	20 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	39 %	69 %	20 km/h
September	2 mm	1	12 h/day	51 %	68 %	21 km/h
October	4 mm	1	12 h/day	61 %	68 %	22 km/h
November	8 mm	2	12 h/day	67 %	68 %	22 km/h
December	19 mm	4	12 h/day	65 %	68 %	22 km/h

How Piura 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
Piura	33 °C	17 °C	298 mm	364
Sullana · Peru	33 °C	17 °C	318 mm	365
Chiclayo · Peru	29 °C	16 °C	196 mm	164
Loja · Ecuador	22 °C	13 °C	1,283 mm	1
Machala · Ecuador	27 °C	20 °C	1,587 mm	221
Cuenca · Ecuador	19 °C	8.8 °C	1,512 mm	0
Cajamarca · Peru	21 °C	8.8 °C	2,619 mm	0

Where Piura ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in January	5th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in February	7th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in March	8th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in April	15th of 50	33 °C
The driest places in South America in August	17th of 50	0.4 mm
The warmest places in South America in December	21st of 50	31 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Piura’s climate

When is the best time to visit Piura?

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

How hot does Piura get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 197 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Piura?

March, averaging 112 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 298 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 Piura 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: -5.182°, -80.657° (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.