Virú weather in October

In October, Virú sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in October, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Virú's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Virú's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:54 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; 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 October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical October day in Virú reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and about 1°C cooler than November.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	16
2	21	16
3	21	16
4	21	16
5	22	16
6	22	16
7	22	16
8	22	16
9	22	17
10	22	17
11	22	17
12	22	17
13	22	17
14	22	17
15	22	17
16	22	17
17	22	17
18	22	17
19	22	17
20	22	17
21	22	17
22	22	17
23	22	17
24	22	17
25	22	17
26	22	17
27	22	17
28	22	17
29	22	17
30	22	17
31	22	17

Virú weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 9th-warmest and 6th-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to cloud over 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	31
Clearer (%)	54	55	55	54	53	53	52	51	50	49	48	46	45	43	43	41	40	39	37	37	36	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30
Cloudier (%)	46	45	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	51	52	54	55	57	57	59	60	61	63	63	64	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	70	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	30	70
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Virú gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.7 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 6% 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	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

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

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the comfortable band about 53% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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	31
Comfortable (%)	67	67	66	65	64	63	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	52	51	50	50	48	47	46	45	43	42	41	40	39	38	38
Humid (%)	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	59
Muggy (%)	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	67	31	2
2	67	32	1
3	66	33	1
4	65	34	1
5	64	35	1
6	63	36	1
7	63	37	0
8	62	38	0
9	61	39	0
10	60	40	0
11	59	41	0
12	58	42	0
13	57	43	0
14	56	44	0
15	55	45	0
16	54	46	0
17	52	47	1
18	51	48	1
19	50	49	1
20	50	50	1
21	48	51	1
22	47	52	1
23	46	53	1
24	45	54	1
25	43	55	2
26	42	56	2
27	41	57	2
28	40	58	2
29	39	59	2
30	38	60	2
31	38	59	3

Wind in October

Winds average 10 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
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28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:07 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	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:02	6:06
2	12.1	6:01	6:06
3	12.1	6:01	6:06
4	12.1	6:00	6:06
5	12.1	6:00	6:06
6	12.1	5:59	6:06
7	12.1	5:59	6:06
8	12.1	5:58	6:06
9	12.1	5:58	6:06
10	12.1	5:57	6:06
11	12.2	5:57	6:06
12	12.2	5:56	6:06
13	12.2	5:56	6:06
14	12.2	5:55	6:06
15	12.2	5:55	6:06
16	12.2	5:54	6:06
17	12.2	5:54	6:06
18	12.2	5:54	6:06
19	12.2	5:53	6:06
20	12.2	5:53	6:06
21	12.2	5:52	6:06
22	12.2	5:52	6:06
23	12.2	5:52	6:06
24	12.2	5:51	6:06
25	12.3	5:51	6:06
26	12.3	5:51	6:07
27	12.3	5:51	6:07
28	12.3	5:50	6:07
29	12.3	5:50	6:07
30	12.3	5:50	6:07
31	12.3	5:50	6:07

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.43 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 — October's 6.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.4	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.5	Intense
31	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Virú?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Virú for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Virú in October

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

In October, Virú sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 17°C. Pack sun protection.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Virú in October

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in October — 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 October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 14 (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%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← September Virú year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October 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	21	16
2	21	16
3	21	16
4	21	16
5	22	16
6	22	16
7	22	16
8	22	16
9	22	17
10	22	17
11	22	17
12	22	17
13	22	17
14	22	17
15	22	17
16	22	17
17	22	17
18	22	17
19	22	17
20	22	17
21	22	17
22	22	17
23	22	17
24	22	17
25	22	17
26	22	17
27	22	17
28	22	17
29	22	17
30	22	17
31	22	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	30	70
31	30	70

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	67	31	2
2	67	32	1
3	66	33	1
4	65	34	1
5	64	35	1
6	63	36	1
7	63	37	0
8	62	38	0
9	61	39	0
10	60	40	0
11	59	41	0
12	58	42	0
13	57	43	0
14	56	44	0
15	55	45	0
16	54	46	0
17	52	47	1
18	51	48	1
19	50	49	1
20	50	50	1
21	48	51	1
22	47	52	1
23	46	53	1
24	45	54	1
25	43	55	2
26	42	56	2
27	41	57	2
28	40	58	2
29	39	59	2
30	38	60	2
31	38	59	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	16
2	21	16
3	21	16
4	21	16
5	22	16
6	22	16
7	22	16
8	22	16
9	22	17
10	22	17
11	22	17
12	22	17
13	22	17
14	22	17
15	22	17
16	22	17
17	22	17
18	22	17
19	22	17
20	22	17
21	22	17
22	22	17
23	22	17
24	22	17
25	22	17
26	22	17
27	22	17
28	22	17
29	22	17
30	22	17
31	22	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	30	70
31	30	70

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	67	31	2
2	67	32	1
3	66	33	1
4	65	34	1
5	64	35	1
6	63	36	1
7	63	37	0
8	62	38	0
9	61	39	0
10	60	40	0
11	59	41	0
12	58	42	0
13	57	43	0
14	56	44	0
15	55	45	0
16	54	46	0
17	52	47	1
18	51	48	1
19	50	49	1
20	50	50	1
21	48	51	1
22	47	52	1
23	46	53	1
24	45	54	1
25	43	55	2
26	42	56	2
27	41	57	2
28	40	58	2
29	39	59	2
30	38	60	2
31	38	59	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	16
2	21	16
3	21	16
4	21	16
5	22	16
6	22	16
7	22	16
8	22	16
9	22	17
10	22	17
11	22	17
12	22	17
13	22	17
14	22	17
15	22	17
16	22	17
17	22	17
18	22	17
19	22	17
20	22	17
21	22	17
22	22	17
23	22	17
24	22	17
25	22	17
26	22	17
27	22	17
28	22	17
29	22	17
30	22	17
31	22	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	30	70
31	30	70

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	67	31	2
2	67	32	1
3	66	33	1
4	65	34	1
5	64	35	1
6	63	36	1
7	63	37	0
8	62	38	0
9	61	39	0
10	60	40	0
11	59	41	0
12	58	42	0
13	57	43	0
14	56	44	0
15	55	45	0
16	54	46	0
17	52	47	1
18	51	48	1
19	50	49	1
20	50	50	1
21	48	51	1
22	47	52	1
23	46	53	1
24	45	54	1
25	43	55	2
26	42	56	2
27	41	57	2
28	40	58	2
29	39	59	2
30	38	60	2
31	38	59	3