Climate and average weather in Piura
In Piura, the summers are humid, hot, showery, and mostly cloudy and the winters are warm and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Piura typically varies from 17°C to 32°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 34°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Piura for warm-weather activities is from early June to mid November.
- Hottest
- Mar
- 32°
- Coldest
- Aug
- 17°
- Wettest
- Mar
- 107 mm
- Driest
- Aug
- 0 mm
- Rain / yr
- 290 mm
- 45 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.7–12.3 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 29 m
- 5.2°S
- Clearest
- Aug
- 33% cloud
Piura is city of Peru, capital of Piura region.
- Density
- 1,014/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1532
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Piura weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early June to mid November.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Piura, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Piura stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is March, with an average high of 32°C and low of 23°C; the coolest is August, with an average low of 17°C and high of 26°C.
Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
| Avg low (°C) | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 22 |
| Feb | 32 | 23 |
| Mar | 32 | 23 |
| Apr | 32 | 22 |
| May | 30 | 20 |
| Jun | 28 | 19 |
| Jul | 26 | 18 |
| Aug | 26 | 17 |
| Sep | 27 | 17 |
| Oct | 27 | 18 |
| Nov | 28 | 18 |
| Dec | 30 | 20 |
How hot and cold Piura really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Piura feels like about 35°C (around March 2). About 118 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in March.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 33 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Air high (°C) | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| Air low (°C) | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33 | 31 | 22 | 22 |
| Feb | 34 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Mar | 34 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Apr | 33 | 32 | 22 | 22 |
| May | 31 | 30 | 20 | 20 |
| Jun | 28 | 28 | 19 | 19 |
| Jul | 26 | 26 | 18 | 18 |
| Aug | 26 | 26 | 17 | 17 |
| Sep | 27 | 27 | 17 | 17 |
| Oct | 28 | 27 | 18 | 18 |
| Nov | 29 | 28 | 18 | 18 |
| Dec | 30 | 30 | 20 | 20 |
Average hourly temperature in Piura
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on March afternoons, near 32°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 17°C.
Piura weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31° / 22° | 37 | 5.5 | 12.3 | 4.6 |
| Feb | 32° / 23° | 62 | 9.4 | 12.2 | 3.7 |
| Mar | 32° / 23° | 107 | 11.2 | 12 | 3.5 |
| Apr | 32° / 22° | 38 | 6.4 | 11.9 | 4.5 |
| May | 30° / 20° | 7 | 2.3 | 11.8 | 6.0 |
| Jun | 28° / 19° | 3 | 0.9 | 11.7 | 7.9 |
| Jul | 26° / 18° | 1 | 0.2 | 11.7 | 8.5 |
| Aug | 26° / 17° | 0 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 8.8 |
| Sep | 27° / 17° | 2 | 0.6 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Oct | 27° / 18° | 4 | 1.5 | 12.1 | 7.8 |
| Nov | 28° / 18° | 8 | 2.2 | 12.2 | 7.0 |
| Dec | 30° / 20° | 21 | 4.9 | 12.3 | 5.7 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Piura gets about 290 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 4.8 months, from around Dec 8 to May 2, peaking in March at about 37% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 9.
March is the wettest month by volume, with 107 mm over about 11 wet days; August is the driest, with 0 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 19 | 32 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| Rain days | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19 | 6 |
| Feb | 32 | 9 |
| Mar | 36 | 11 |
| Apr | 21 | 6 |
| May | 8 | 2 |
| Jun | 2 | 1 |
| Jul | 1 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 2 | 1 |
| Oct | 5 | 2 |
| Nov | 8 | 2 |
| Dec | 15 | 5 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Piura collects about 290 mm of rain across 45 wet days — roughly 24 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 107 mm, while August is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 72% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 37 | 62 | 107 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| Rain days | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 6 |
| Feb | 62 | 9 |
| Mar | 107 | 11 |
| Apr | 38 | 6 |
| May | 7 | 2 |
| Jun | 3 | 1 |
| Jul | 1 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 2 | 1 |
| Oct | 4 | 2 |
| Nov | 8 | 2 |
| Dec | 21 | 5 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Piura, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around April 24 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around October 26. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 85% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 27 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around April 23. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 82% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 37 | 19 | 18 | 46 | 65 | 74 | 82 | 85 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 50 |
| Cloudier (%) | 63 | 81 | 82 | 54 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 29 | 40 | 50 | 50 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 63 |
| Feb | 19 | 81 |
| Mar | 18 | 82 |
| Apr | 46 | 54 |
| May | 65 | 35 |
| Jun | 74 | 26 |
| Jul | 82 | 18 |
| Aug | 85 | 15 |
| Sep | 71 | 29 |
| Oct | 60 | 40 |
| Nov | 50 | 50 |
| Dec | 50 | 50 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Piura barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 18 min of light in every season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:24 | 6:32 | 6:31 | 6:26 | 6:26 | 6:32 | 6:36 | 6:32 | 6:18 | 6:04 | 6:01 | 6:10 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:40 | 6:42 | 6:33 | 6:19 | 6:12 | 6:14 | 6:20 | 6:22 | 6:16 | 6:11 | 6:15 | 6:28 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.3 | 6:24 | 6:40 |
| Feb | 12.2 | 6:32 | 6:42 |
| Mar | 12.0 | 6:31 | 6:33 |
| Apr | 11.9 | 6:26 | 6:19 |
| May | 11.8 | 6:26 | 6:12 |
| Jun | 11.7 | 6:32 | 6:14 |
| Jul | 11.7 | 6:36 | 6:20 |
| Aug | 11.8 | 6:32 | 6:22 |
| Sep | 12.0 | 6:18 | 6:16 |
| Oct | 12.1 | 6:04 | 6:11 |
| Nov | 12.2 | 6:01 | 6:15 |
| Dec | 12.3 | 6:10 | 6:28 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Piura averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 21 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.9 months, from around Apr 25 to Oct 22. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 20 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is March, down near 1 sunny days — about 93% fewer than the August peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 1 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 1 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 8 | Mixed |
| May | 14 | Mixed |
| Jun | 17 | Bright |
| Jul | 20 | Bright |
| Aug | 21 | Bright |
| Sep | 16 | Bright |
| Oct | 12 | Mixed |
| Nov | 9 | Mixed |
| Dec | 9 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Piura, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 7.2 months, from around November 16 to June 21. The muggiest month is January, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around June 22 to November 15, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 63% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 45 | 63 | 62 | 50 | 22 | 2 |
| Humid (%) | 35 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 68 | 73 | 51 | 34 | 35 | 48 | 73 | 76 |
| Muggy (%) | 60 | 67 | 63 | 48 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| Oppressive (%) | 4 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Miserable (%) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 35 | 60 | 4 | 1 |
| Feb | 0 | 13 | 67 | 17 | 3 |
| Mar | 0 | 15 | 63 | 18 | 4 |
| Apr | 0 | 41 | 48 | 10 | 1 |
| May | 2 | 68 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| Jun | 18 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 45 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 63 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 62 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 50 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 22 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 2 | 76 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Piura is typically light breeze, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 7.7 months, from around May 3 to Dec 23. The windiest month is September, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 24 to May 2, with March the calmest month at about 9 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | calm |
| Feb | 9 | calm |
| Mar | 9 | calm |
| Apr | 11 | calm |
| May | 13 | light breeze |
| Jun | 13 | light breeze |
| Jul | 13 | light breeze |
| Aug | 13 | light breeze |
| Sep | 13 | light breeze |
| Oct | 13 | light breeze |
| Nov | 13 | light breeze |
| Dec | 12 | light breeze |
Best time to visit Piura
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Piura throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around early November, Piura is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Piura for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to mid November, with a peak score in the second week of August.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 5.7 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | fair | good | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | good | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 | fair |
| Feb | 3.7 | fair |
| Mar | 3.6 | fair |
| Apr | 4.5 | fair |
| May | 6.0 | good |
| Jun | 7.8 | ideal |
| Jul | 8.5 | ideal |
| Aug | 8.7 | ideal |
| Sep | 8.3 | ideal |
| Oct | 7.8 | ideal |
| Nov | 7.0 | good |
| Dec | 5.7 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Piura for hot-weather activities is from mid April to mid January, with a peak score in the first week of June.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Piura, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around March (highs near 32°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 26°C), pack light clothes and sun protection.
In March, Piura sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Piura
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea at the nearest coast (about 55 km away) is warmest in February at about 23°C and coldest in September near 18°C.
It's comfortable for a long swim from Dec 25 to May 15 — about 4.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Comfort | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | Refreshing |
| Feb | 23 | Refreshing |
| Mar | 23 | Refreshing |
| Apr | 21 | Refreshing |
| May | 20 | Refreshing |
| Jun | 19 | Cool |
| Jul | 18 | Cool |
| Aug | 18 | Cool |
| Sep | 18 | Cool |
| Oct | 18 | Cool |
| Nov | 19 | Cool |
| Dec | 20 | Cool |
UV index (midday) in Piura by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Piura peaks around February 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (extreme).
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 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | Extreme |
| Feb | 16 | Extreme |
| Mar | 16 | Extreme |
| Apr | 13 | Extreme |
| May | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 10 | Very high |
| Jul | 10 | Extreme |
| Aug | 11 | Extreme |
| Sep | 12 | Extreme |
| Oct | 14 | Extreme |
| Nov | 13 | Extreme |
| Dec | 13 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Piura
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Mar | 8.5 | 7 |
| Apr | 8 | 6 |
| May | 7.5 | 6 |
| Jun | 7 | 5 |
| Jul | 7.5 | 5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Sep | 8 | 6 |
| Oct | 8 | 6.5 |
| Nov | 8 | 6 |
| Dec | 8 | 6.5 |
Growing season
Piura is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Piura banks about 5,260 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 517 | 493 | 547 | 500 | 469 | 398 | 371 | 358 | 358 | 388 | 399 | 461 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 517 |
| Feb | 493 |
| Mar | 547 |
| Apr | 500 |
| May | 469 |
| Jun | 398 |
| Jul | 371 |
| Aug | 358 |
| Sep | 358 |
| Oct | 388 |
| Nov | 399 |
| Dec | 461 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Piura receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — intense — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 5.4 and 6.7 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.0 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.6 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.7 | Bright |
| Apr | 5.9 | Bright |
| May | 5.7 | Bright |
| Jun | 5.4 | Bright |
| Jul | 5.5 | Bright |
| Aug | 6.1 | Intense |
| Sep | 6.5 | Intense |
| Oct | 6.7 | Intense |
| Nov | 6.6 | Intense |
| Dec | 6.3 | Intense |
Where is Piura?
Piura sits at 5.2°S, 80.7°W, 29 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is San Martin, 1.0 km away.
Topography around Piura
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Piura.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Piura has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 36 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,178 m.
The land around Piura is covered by artificial surfaces (72%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (58%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (36%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 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 Piura (-5.1819°, -80.6572°, elevation 29 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).