Moche weather in February

In February, Moche sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 20 mm of rain across 5.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Moche's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moche's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 5.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:23 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 11th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Moche is city in La Libertad Region, Peru.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical February day in Moche reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and on par with March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	21
2	23	21
3	23	21
4	23	21
5	23	21
6	23	21
7	23	21
8	23	21
9	23	21
10	23	21
11	24	21
12	24	21
13	24	21
14	24	21
15	24	21
16	24	21
17	24	21
18	24	21
19	24	21
20	24	21
21	24	21
22	24	21
23	24	21
24	24	21
25	24	21
26	24	21
27	24	21
28	24	21

Moche weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 20°	11	3.1	12.4	7.3
Feb	24° / 21°	20	5.2	12.3	7.1
Mar	23° / 21°	21	6.6	12.1	6.9
Apr	22° / 19°	8	2.4	11.8	7.4
May	20° / 18°	3	0.8	11.6	7.7
Jun	19° / 17°	4	1	11.5	7.6
Jul	19° / 16°	5	1.3	11.6	7.4
Aug	18° / 16°	5	1.2	11.7	7.4
Sep	18° / 16°	6	1.3	12	6.9
Oct	18° / 16°	5	1	12.2	6.8
Nov	19° / 16°	3	0.6	12.4	7.0
Dec	21° / 18°	6	1.6	12.5	7.2

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7
Cloudier (%)	87	87	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	93

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Moche gets around 20 mm of rain over 5.2 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 18% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	20
9	20
10	19
11	19
12	18
13	17
14	17
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	17
24	17
25	18
26	19
27	19
28	20

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the muggy band about 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Humid (%)	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	82	81	81	81	80	80	79	78	79	78	78	78	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79
Oppressive (%)	14	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	82	14
2	4	81	15
3	3	81	16
4	3	81	16
5	3	80	17
6	2	80	18
7	2	79	19
8	2	78	20
9	1	79	20
10	1	78	21
11	1	78	21
12	1	78	21
13	1	77	22
14	0	78	22
15	0	78	22
16	0	78	22
17	0	78	22
18	0	78	22
19	0	78	22
20	0	78	22
21	0	79	21
22	0	79	21
23	0	79	21
24	0	79	21
25	0	79	21
26	0	79	21
27	0	79	21
28	0	79	21

Wind in February

Winds average 9 km/h in February, the calmest month.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
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7	9	calm
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10	9	calm
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24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:35 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:19	6:40
2	12.3	6:19	6:40
3	12.3	6:20	6:40
4	12.3	6:20	6:40
5	12.3	6:20	6:40
6	12.3	6:20	6:40
7	12.3	6:21	6:40
8	12.3	6:21	6:40
9	12.3	6:21	6:40
10	12.3	6:22	6:40
11	12.3	6:22	6:39
12	12.3	6:22	6:39
13	12.3	6:22	6:39
14	12.3	6:22	6:39
15	12.3	6:23	6:39
16	12.3	6:23	6:38
17	12.3	6:23	6:38
18	12.2	6:23	6:38
19	12.2	6:23	6:38
20	12.2	6:23	6:37
21	12.2	6:24	6:37
22	12.2	6:24	6:37
23	12.2	6:24	6:37
24	12.2	6:24	6:36
25	12.2	6:24	6:36
26	12.2	6:24	6:35
27	12.2	6:24	6:35
28	12.2	6:24	6:35

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.88 kWh/m² in November across the year — February's 5.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Moche?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.1

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Moche for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Moche in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Moche sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 21°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Moche in February

The nearest coast averages about 22°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in February at about 22°C and coldest in October near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 7 to Apr 12 — about 3.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	21	22	22	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	19
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	21	Refreshing
Feb	22	Refreshing
Mar	22	Refreshing
Apr	20	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	17	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in Moche in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Moche peaks around February 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	15	13	11	9	10	11	11	13	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Moche?

Moche sits at 8.2°S, 79.0°W, 13 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Trujillo, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Moche

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Moche.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moche has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,349 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,296 m.

The land around Moche is covered by water (27%) and bare terrain (25%) within 3 km, water (41%) and bare terrain (32%) within 16 km, and water (32%) and bare terrain (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

103 m

water 27%

16 km

1,349 m

water 41%

80 km

4,296 m

water 32%

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← January Moche year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Trujillo 7.0 km · Laredo 11 km · Santiago de Cao 35 km · Virú 39 km · Chocope 48 km · Paiján 58 km · San Pedro de Lloc 99 km · Coishco 104 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 51% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,684; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.6; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 13.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 519
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Moche (-8.1711°, -79.0092°, elevation 13 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	21
2	23	21
3	23	21
4	23	21
5	23	21
6	23	21
7	23	21
8	23	21
9	23	21
10	23	21
11	24	21
12	24	21
13	24	21
14	24	21
15	24	21
16	24	21
17	24	21
18	24	21
19	24	21
20	24	21
21	24	21
22	24	21
23	24	21
24	24	21
25	24	21
26	24	21
27	24	21
28	24	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	20
9	20
10	19
11	19
12	18
13	17
14	17
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	17
24	17
25	18
26	19
27	19
28	20

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	82	14
2	4	81	15
3	3	81	16
4	3	81	16
5	3	80	17
6	2	80	18
7	2	79	19
8	2	78	20
9	1	79	20
10	1	78	21
11	1	78	21
12	1	78	21
13	1	77	22
14	0	78	22
15	0	78	22
16	0	78	22
17	0	78	22
18	0	78	22
19	0	78	22
20	0	78	22
21	0	79	21
22	0	79	21
23	0	79	21
24	0	79	21
25	0	79	21
26	0	79	21
27	0	79	21
28	0	79	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	21
2	23	21
3	23	21
4	23	21
5	23	21
6	23	21
7	23	21
8	23	21
9	23	21
10	23	21
11	24	21
12	24	21
13	24	21
14	24	21
15	24	21
16	24	21
17	24	21
18	24	21
19	24	21
20	24	21
21	24	21
22	24	21
23	24	21
24	24	21
25	24	21
26	24	21
27	24	21
28	24	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	20
9	20
10	19
11	19
12	18
13	17
14	17
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	17
24	17
25	18
26	19
27	19
28	20

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	82	14
2	4	81	15
3	3	81	16
4	3	81	16
5	3	80	17
6	2	80	18
7	2	79	19
8	2	78	20
9	1	79	20
10	1	78	21
11	1	78	21
12	1	78	21
13	1	77	22
14	0	78	22
15	0	78	22
16	0	78	22
17	0	78	22
18	0	78	22
19	0	78	22
20	0	78	22
21	0	79	21
22	0	79	21
23	0	79	21
24	0	79	21
25	0	79	21
26	0	79	21
27	0	79	21
28	0	79	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	21
2	23	21
3	23	21
4	23	21
5	23	21
6	23	21
7	23	21
8	23	21
9	23	21
10	23	21
11	24	21
12	24	21
13	24	21
14	24	21
15	24	21
16	24	21
17	24	21
18	24	21
19	24	21
20	24	21
21	24	21
22	24	21
23	24	21
24	24	21
25	24	21
26	24	21
27	24	21
28	24	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	20
9	20
10	19
11	19
12	18
13	17
14	17
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	17
24	17
25	18
26	19
27	19
28	20

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	82	14
2	4	81	15
3	3	81	16
4	3	81	16
5	3	80	17
6	2	80	18
7	2	79	19
8	2	78	20
9	1	79	20
10	1	78	21
11	1	78	21
12	1	78	21
13	1	77	22
14	0	78	22
15	0	78	22
16	0	78	22
17	0	78	22
18	0	78	22
19	0	78	22
20	0	78	22
21	0	79	21
22	0	79	21
23	0	79	21
24	0	79	21
25	0	79	21
26	0	79	21
27	0	79	21
28	0	79	21