Pucallpa climate

Name: Pucallpa
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Pucallpa is warmest in September, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 22 °C. March is the wettest month (327 mm) and July the driest (79 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pucallpa averages 2,508 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

Peru · population 326,040 · 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 September 31 °C
Coldest month July 22 °C
Driest month July 79 mm
Wettest month March 327 mm
Least cloud August 49 % cloud
Hottest on record September 36 °C
Coldest on record June 15 °C

What to expectPucallpa through the year

Pucallpa changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 31 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 151 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 327 mm against 79 mm in July — 4.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.8 °C	293 mm	86 %
February	29.7 °C	304 mm	89 %
March	29.5 °C	327 mm	90 %
April	29.2 °C	244 mm	83 %
May	28.6 °C	155 mm	71 %
June	28.3 °C	100 mm	63 %
July	28.6 °C	79 mm	54 %
August	30.2 °C	97 mm	49 %
September	30.7 °C	142 mm	65 %
October	30.3 °C	219 mm	80 %
November	29.6 °C	261 mm	85 %
December	29.5 °C	285 mm	85 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.8 °C	23.3 °C	25.9 °C	34.6 °C	20.9 °C	31	15
February	29.7 °C	23.3 °C	25.8 °C	34.8 °C	20.4 °C	28	13
March	29.5 °C	23.2 °C	25.7 °C	34.1 °C	20.6 °C	31	13
April	29.2 °C	23.1 °C	25.6 °C	34.6 °C	16.1 °C	30	11
May	28.6 °C	22.6 °C	25.1 °C	33.7 °C	17.2 °C	30	6
June	28.3 °C	22.1 °C	24.7 °C	32.0 °C	14.6 °C	29	3
July	28.6 °C	21.7 °C	24.7 °C	32.7 °C	14.7 °C	30	6
August	30.2 °C	22.3 °C	25.7 °C	34.8 °C	16.7 °C	31	19
September	30.7 °C	23.1 °C	26.3 °C	36.0 °C	16.4 °C	30	20
October	30.3 °C	23.3 °C	26.2 °C	35.6 °C	18.3 °C	31	18
November	29.6 °C	23.3 °C	25.9 °C	35.5 °C	18.2 °C	30	13
December	29.5 °C	23.3 °C	25.8 °C	33.6 °C	19.2 °C	31	14

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	293 mm	25	13 h/day	86 %	88 %	8.8 km/h
February	304 mm	23	12 h/day	89 %	88 %	8.5 km/h
March	327 mm	26	12 h/day	90 %	89 %	7.9 km/h
April	244 mm	22	12 h/day	83 %	89 %	7.8 km/h
May	155 mm	19	12 h/day	71 %	89 %	7.5 km/h
June	100 mm	13	12 h/day	63 %	89 %	7.1 km/h
July	79 mm	11	12 h/day	54 %	87 %	7.4 km/h
August	97 mm	11	12 h/day	49 %	83 %	8.1 km/h
September	142 mm	14	12 h/day	65 %	84 %	8.3 km/h
October	219 mm	21	12 h/day	80 %	87 %	7.9 km/h
November	261 mm	23	13 h/day	85 %	88 %	8.3 km/h
December	285 mm	24	13 h/day	85 %	88 %	8.9 km/h

How Pucallpa 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
Pucallpa	31 °C	22 °C	2,508 mm	360
Huánuco · Peru	23 °C	13 °C	964 mm	15
Huancayo · Peru	17 °C	4.9 °C	1,509 mm	0
Chimbote · Peru	27 °C	15 °C	49 mm	94
Cajamarca · Peru	21 °C	8.8 °C	2,619 mm	0
Santa Anita - Los Ficus · Peru	25 °C	14 °C	85 mm	25
Lima · Peru	26 °C	15 °C	85 mm	91

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pucallpa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pucallpa?

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

How hot does Pucallpa get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 151 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Pucallpa?

March, averaging 327 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is July with 79 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,508 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 Pucallpa 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: -8.379°, -74.554° (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.