Trujillo climate

Name: Trujillo
Address: PE

Trujillo is warmest in February, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 16 °C. March is the wettest month (62 mm) and July the driest (0.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Trujillo averages 190 mm of rain and 129 days above 25 °C.

Peru · population 1,067,700 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month August 16 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month March 62 mm
Least cloud July 42 % cloud
Hottest on record February 30 °C
Coldest on record August 14 °C
Warmest sea February 22 °C

What to expectTrujillo through the year

Trujillo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in August to 27 °C in February, a swing of 4.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 129 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 62 mm against 1 mm in July — 99 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Trujillo 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	26.0 °C	25 mm	78 %
February	26.5 °C	51 mm	86 %
March	26.3 °C	62 mm	88 %
April	25.3 °C	26 mm	70 %
May	24.3 °C	4 mm	53 %
June	23.2 °C	1 mm	45 %
July	22.5 °C	1 mm	42 %
August	22.2 °C	1 mm	44 %
September	22.4 °C	2 mm	56 %
October	22.8 °C	4 mm	68 %
November	23.5 °C	4 mm	72 %
December	24.8 °C	9 mm	74 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	26.0 °C	20.5 °C	22.9 °C	29.1 °C	17.4 °C	26
February	26.5 °C	21.6 °C	23.7 °C	29.7 °C	19.0 °C	26
March	26.3 °C	21.6 °C	23.6 °C	29.1 °C	19.1 °C	27
April	25.3 °C	20.2 °C	22.3 °C	28.0 °C	17.5 °C	17
May	24.3 °C	19.0 °C	21.1 °C	28.3 °C	15.7 °C	10
June	23.2 °C	17.8 °C	20.0 °C	27.6 °C	14.9 °C	3
July	22.5 °C	16.9 °C	19.2 °C	27.2 °C	14.2 °C	1
August	22.2 °C	16.4 °C	18.8 °C	27.0 °C	14.1 °C	1
September	22.4 °C	16.6 °C	19.0 °C	27.6 °C	14.6 °C	1
October	22.8 °C	16.9 °C	19.3 °C	26.5 °C	14.7 °C	1
November	23.5 °C	17.5 °C	20.0 °C	27.3 °C	14.6 °C	3
December	24.8 °C	19.0 °C	21.4 °C	28.6 °C	15.9 °C	13

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	25 mm	6	13 h/day	78 %	84 %	11 km/h	20.5 °C
February	51 mm	11	12 h/day	86 %	85 %	10 km/h	21.9 °C
March	62 mm	14	12 h/day	88 %	86 %	9.8 km/h	21.6 °C
April	26 mm	6	12 h/day	70 %	86 %	11 km/h	19.8 °C
May	4 mm	1	12 h/day	53 %	84 %	12 km/h	19.1 °C
June	1 mm	0	12 h/day	45 %	84 %	12 km/h	18.5 °C
July	1 mm	0	12 h/day	42 %	83 %	12 km/h	17.8 °C
August	1 mm	0	12 h/day	44 %	83 %	12 km/h	17.4 °C
September	2 mm	0	12 h/day	56 %	82 %	12 km/h	17.0 °C
October	4 mm	1	12 h/day	68 %	82 %	12 km/h	16.9 °C
November	4 mm	1	12 h/day	72 %	82 %	12 km/h	17.5 °C
December	9 mm	2	13 h/day	74 %	83 %	12 km/h	18.9 °C

How Trujillo 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
Trujillo	27 °C	16 °C	190 mm	129
Chimbote · Peru	27 °C	15 °C	49 mm	94
Cajamarca · Peru	21 °C	8.8 °C	2,619 mm	0
Chiclayo · Peru	29 °C	16 °C	196 mm	164
Huánuco · Peru	23 °C	13 °C	964 mm	15
Piura · Peru	33 °C	17 °C	298 mm	364
Sullana · Peru	33 °C	17 °C	318 mm	365

Where Trujillo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in October	8th of 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in South America in September	11th of 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in South America year-round	14th of 50	87/100
The driest places in South America in June	19th of 50	1.0 mm
The driest places in South America in November	19th of 50	4.3 mm
The driest places in South America in May	20th of 50	3.7 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Trujillo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Trujillo?

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

How hot does Trujillo get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °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 Trujillo?

March, averaging 62 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 190 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 Trujillo 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: -8.116°, -79.030° (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.