Virú weather in April

In April, Virú sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 15 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in April, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Virú's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Virú's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 15 mm; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:21 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 8th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Virú is capital city of Virú, La Libertad, Peru.

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical April day in Virú reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and about 1°C warmer than May.

	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	29	30
Avg high (°C)	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	21
2	26	21
3	25	21
4	25	21
5	25	21
6	25	20
7	25	20
8	25	20
9	25	20
10	25	20
11	25	20
12	25	20
13	25	20
14	25	20
15	25	20
16	25	20
17	25	20
18	25	20
19	25	20
20	25	20
21	25	20
22	25	20
23	25	20
24	25	20
25	25	20
26	25	19
27	25	19
28	25	19
29	25	19
30	24	19

Virú weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 20°	25	8.1	12.4	6.6
Feb	26° / 21°	46	12	12.3	5.7
Mar	26° / 21°	47	13.1	12.1	5.7
Apr	25° / 20°	15	4.7	11.8	7.4
May	24° / 19°	4	1	11.6	8.6
Jun	23° / 18°	3	0.3	11.5	8.6
Jul	22° / 17°	2	0.2	11.6	8.5
Aug	21° / 16°	3	0.4	11.7	8.4
Sep	21° / 16°	5	1.3	12	7.9
Oct	22° / 17°	7	1.7	12.2	7.7
Nov	23° / 17°	6	1.6	12.4	7.7
Dec	24° / 19°	14	4	12.5	7.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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	29	30
Clearer (%)	10	10	12	14	15	16	17	20	21	24	26	28	31	33	35	36	38	40	43	43	45	46	48	50	50	52	53	54	56	57
Cloudier (%)	90	90	88	86	85	84	83	80	79	76	74	72	69	67	65	64	62	60	57	57	55	54	52	50	50	48	47	46	44	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	12	88
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	20	80
9	21	79
10	24	76
11	26	74
12	28	72
13	31	69
14	33	67
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	56	44
30	57	43

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Virú gets around 15 mm of rain over 4.7 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 16% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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	29	30
Rain chance (%)	32	31	30	29	28	27	25	24	22	21	19	18	16	15	14	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	30
4	29
5	28
6	27
7	25
8	24
9	22
10	21
11	19
12	18
13	16
14	15
15	14
16	12
17	11
18	10
19	9
20	9
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	7
29	7
30	7

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the muggy band about 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 69% 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	29	30
Humid (%)	9	10	12	13	14	16	17	19	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	33	35	37	38	40	41	43	44	46	47	48	49	50	51	52
Muggy (%)	69	70	69	69	70	69	70	69	69	68	67	66	65	64	62	62	60	59	59	57	56	55	54	52	52	51	50	49	48	47
Oppressive (%)	22	20	19	18	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	9	69	22
2	10	70	20
3	12	69	19
4	13	69	18
5	14	70	16
6	16	69	15
7	17	70	13
8	19	69	12
9	20	69	11
10	22	68	10
11	24	67	9
12	26	66	8
13	28	65	7
14	30	64	6
15	32	62	6
16	33	62	5
17	35	60	5
18	37	59	4
19	38	59	3
20	40	57	3
21	41	56	3
22	43	55	2
23	44	54	2
24	46	52	2
25	47	52	1
26	48	51	1
27	49	50	1
28	50	49	1
29	51	48	1
30	52	47	1

Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 8 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	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:04 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	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:22	6:18
2	11.9	6:22	6:17
3	11.9	6:22	6:16
4	11.9	6:22	6:16
5	11.9	6:21	6:15
6	11.9	6:21	6:15
7	11.9	6:21	6:14
8	11.9	6:21	6:14
9	11.9	6:21	6:13
10	11.9	6:21	6:13
11	11.9	6:21	6:12
12	11.8	6:21	6:12
13	11.8	6:21	6:11
14	11.8	6:21	6:11
15	11.8	6:21	6:10
16	11.8	6:21	6:10
17	11.8	6:21	6:09
18	11.8	6:21	6:09
19	11.8	6:21	6:08
20	11.8	6:21	6:08
21	11.8	6:21	6:07
22	11.8	6:21	6:07
23	11.8	6:21	6:06
24	11.8	6:21	6:06
25	11.7	6:21	6:06
26	11.7	6:21	6:05
27	11.7	6:21	6:05
28	11.7	6:21	6:04
29	11.7	6:21	6:04
30	11.7	6:21	6:04

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in November across the year — April's 5.64 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	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	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
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	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	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Virú?

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

7.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

6.7

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Virú for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Virú in April

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

In April, Virú sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 20°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Virú in April

The nearest coast averages about 20°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 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 3 to Apr 15 — about 3.4 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	18	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	18	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	17	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in Virú in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Virú peaks around February 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (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	12	10	10	11	11	14	14	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	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Virú?

Virú sits at 8.4°S, 78.8°W, 75 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Moche, 39 km away.

Topography around Virú

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Virú has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 293 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,713 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,357 m.

The land around Virú is covered by trees (34%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (53%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (32%), water (28%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

293 m

trees 34%

16 km

1,713 m

bare terrain 53%

80 km

4,357 m

bare terrain 32%

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← March Virú year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Moche 39 km · Laredo 43 km · Trujillo 45 km · Coishco 69 km · Santiago de Cao 74 km · Chimbote 75 km · Chocope 87 km · Paiján 97 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 Virú (-8.4155°, -78.752°, elevation 75 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	26	21
2	26	21
3	25	21
4	25	21
5	25	21
6	25	20
7	25	20
8	25	20
9	25	20
10	25	20
11	25	20
12	25	20
13	25	20
14	25	20
15	25	20
16	25	20
17	25	20
18	25	20
19	25	20
20	25	20
21	25	20
22	25	20
23	25	20
24	25	20
25	25	20
26	25	19
27	25	19
28	25	19
29	25	19
30	24	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	12	88
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	20	80
9	21	79
10	24	76
11	26	74
12	28	72
13	31	69
14	33	67
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	56	44
30	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	30
4	29
5	28
6	27
7	25
8	24
9	22
10	21
11	19
12	18
13	16
14	15
15	14
16	12
17	11
18	10
19	9
20	9
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	7
29	7
30	7

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	9	69	22
2	10	70	20
3	12	69	19
4	13	69	18
5	14	70	16
6	16	69	15
7	17	70	13
8	19	69	12
9	20	69	11
10	22	68	10
11	24	67	9
12	26	66	8
13	28	65	7
14	30	64	6
15	32	62	6
16	33	62	5
17	35	60	5
18	37	59	4
19	38	59	3
20	40	57	3
21	41	56	3
22	43	55	2
23	44	54	2
24	46	52	2
25	47	52	1
26	48	51	1
27	49	50	1
28	50	49	1
29	51	48	1
30	52	47	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	21
2	26	21
3	25	21
4	25	21
5	25	21
6	25	20
7	25	20
8	25	20
9	25	20
10	25	20
11	25	20
12	25	20
13	25	20
14	25	20
15	25	20
16	25	20
17	25	20
18	25	20
19	25	20
20	25	20
21	25	20
22	25	20
23	25	20
24	25	20
25	25	20
26	25	19
27	25	19
28	25	19
29	25	19
30	24	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	12	88
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	20	80
9	21	79
10	24	76
11	26	74
12	28	72
13	31	69
14	33	67
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	56	44
30	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	30
4	29
5	28
6	27
7	25
8	24
9	22
10	21
11	19
12	18
13	16
14	15
15	14
16	12
17	11
18	10
19	9
20	9
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	7
29	7
30	7

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	9	69	22
2	10	70	20
3	12	69	19
4	13	69	18
5	14	70	16
6	16	69	15
7	17	70	13
8	19	69	12
9	20	69	11
10	22	68	10
11	24	67	9
12	26	66	8
13	28	65	7
14	30	64	6
15	32	62	6
16	33	62	5
17	35	60	5
18	37	59	4
19	38	59	3
20	40	57	3
21	41	56	3
22	43	55	2
23	44	54	2
24	46	52	2
25	47	52	1
26	48	51	1
27	49	50	1
28	50	49	1
29	51	48	1
30	52	47	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	21
2	26	21
3	25	21
4	25	21
5	25	21
6	25	20
7	25	20
8	25	20
9	25	20
10	25	20
11	25	20
12	25	20
13	25	20
14	25	20
15	25	20
16	25	20
17	25	20
18	25	20
19	25	20
20	25	20
21	25	20
22	25	20
23	25	20
24	25	20
25	25	20
26	25	19
27	25	19
28	25	19
29	25	19
30	24	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	12	88
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	20	80
9	21	79
10	24	76
11	26	74
12	28	72
13	31	69
14	33	67
15	35	65
16	36	64
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	56	44
30	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	30
4	29
5	28
6	27
7	25
8	24
9	22
10	21
11	19
12	18
13	16
14	15
15	14
16	12
17	11
18	10
19	9
20	9
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	7
29	7
30	7

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	9	69	22
2	10	70	20
3	12	69	19
4	13	69	18
5	14	70	16
6	16	69	15
7	17	70	13
8	19	69	12
9	20	69	11
10	22	68	10
11	24	67	9
12	26	66	8
13	28	65	7
14	30	64	6
15	32	62	6
16	33	62	5
17	35	60	5
18	37	59	4
19	38	59	3
20	40	57	3
21	41	56	3
22	43	55	2
23	44	54	2
24	46	52	2
25	47	52	1
26	48	51	1
27	49	50	1
28	50	49	1
29	51	48	1
30	52	47	1