Santa Anita - Los Ficus climate
Santa Anita - Los Ficus is warmest in February, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 14 °C. February is the wettest month (26 mm) and August the driest (1.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Santa Anita - Los Ficus averages 85 mm of rain and 25 days above 25 °C.
Peru · population 184,614 · 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 25 °C
- Coldest month August 14 °C
- Driest month August 1 mm
- Wettest month February 26 mm
- Least cloud August 53 % cloud
- Hottest on record January 31 °C
- Coldest on record August 9.7 °C
- Warmest sea February 22 °C
What to expectSanta Anita - Los Ficus through the year
Santa Anita - Los Ficus has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in August to 25 °C in February, a swing of 6.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 25 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in January.
Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 1 mm in August to 26 mm in February. There is no dry season to aim for.
The sea off Santa Anita - Los Ficus is warmest in February at 22 °C and coldest in September 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 | 23.9 °C | 15 mm | 86 % |
| February | 24.6 °C | 26 mm | 89 % |
| March | 24.5 °C | 21 mm | 87 % |
| April | 23.0 °C | 6 mm | 73 % |
| May | 21.1 °C | 2 mm | 58 % |
| June | 19.6 °C | 1 mm | 57 % |
| July | 18.8 °C | 1 mm | 54 % |
| August | 18.7 °C | 1 mm | 53 % |
| September | 19.1 °C | 2 mm | 60 % |
| October | 19.8 °C | 2 mm | 70 % |
| November | 20.8 °C | 2 mm | 77 % |
| December | 22.4 °C | 6 mm | 83 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9 °C | 18.8 °C | 20.9 °C | 31.2 °C | 16.3 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 24.6 °C | 19.7 °C | 21.8 °C | 31.0 °C | 17.6 °C | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 24.5 °C | 19.5 °C | 21.6 °C | 31.1 °C | 16.3 °C | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 23.0 °C | 17.9 °C | 20.1 °C | 28.4 °C | 14.9 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 21.1 °C | 16.2 °C | 18.3 °C | 27.8 °C | 13.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 19.6 °C | 14.8 °C | 16.8 °C | 25.0 °C | 11.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 18.8 °C | 13.9 °C | 16.0 °C | 23.7 °C | 9.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 18.7 °C | 13.6 °C | 15.8 °C | 23.9 °C | 9.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 19.1 °C | 14.0 °C | 16.2 °C | 23.9 °C | 10.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 19.8 °C | 14.6 °C | 16.8 °C | 22.9 °C | 10.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 20.8 °C | 15.5 °C | 17.7 °C | 24.5 °C | 12.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 22.4 °C | 17.2 °C | 19.3 °C | 27.1 °C | 14.6 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15 mm | 4 | 13 h/day | 86 % | 84 % | 15 km/h | 20.8 °C |
| February | 26 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 85 % | 14 km/h | 21.5 °C |
| March | 21 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 87 % | 84 % | 13 km/h | 21.2 °C |
| April | 6 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 73 % | 84 % | 14 km/h | 19.7 °C |
| May | 2 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 58 % | 83 % | 14 km/h | 18.9 °C |
| June | 1 mm | 0 | 11 h/day | 57 % | 83 % | 14 km/h | 18.4 °C |
| July | 1 mm | 0 | 11 h/day | 54 % | 82 % | 14 km/h | 17.7 °C |
| August | 1 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 53 % | 81 % | 15 km/h | 17.1 °C |
| September | 2 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 60 % | 81 % | 15 km/h | 16.9 °C |
| October | 2 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 70 % | 81 % | 15 km/h | 16.9 °C |
| November | 2 mm | 0 | 13 h/day | 77 % | 82 % | 15 km/h | 17.8 °C |
| December | 6 mm | 2 | 13 h/day | 83 % | 83 % | 15 km/h | 19.2 °C |
How Santa Anita - Los Ficus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Anita - Los Ficus | 25 °C | 14 °C | 85 mm | 25 |
| Lima · Peru | 26 °C | 15 °C | 85 mm | 91 |
| Callao · Peru | 26 °C | 15 °C | 85 mm | 89 |
| Chincha Alta · Peru | 26 °C | 16 °C | 55 mm | 127 |
| Huancayo · Peru | 17 °C | 4.9 °C | 1,509 mm | 0 |
| Huánuco · Peru | 23 °C | 13 °C | 964 mm | 15 |
| Ica · Peru | 30 °C | 15 °C | 78 mm | 316 |
Where Santa Anita - Los Ficus ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in South America year-round | 6th of 50 | 90/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world year-round | 8th of 50 | 90/100 |
| The driest places in South America in November | 11th of 50 | 2.1 mm |
| Places with the best weather in South America in December | 13th of 50 | 93/100 |
| The driest places in South America in December | 15th of 50 | 5.7 mm |
| The driest places in South America in May | 15th of 50 | 1.5 mm |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Santa Anita - Los Ficus’s climate
When is the best time to visit Santa Anita - Los Ficus?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, April, December 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 Santa Anita - Los Ficus get?
In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 14 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Santa Anita - Los Ficus?
February, averaging 26 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is August with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 85 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 Santa Anita - Los Ficus 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
- -12.050°, -76.973° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.