Chiclayo climate by month
What the weather is like
Chiclayo has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 30° and nights 23°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 17°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 68 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (22 mm, 11 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 27% in June to 59% in March.
The sea reaches about 22° in February. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Lima, the capital, Chiclayo is 4.8° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · February
- Coldest nights
- 17° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- June · 27% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 22° · February
- Longest day
- 12 h 31 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 44 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 27° |
| Average low | 21° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 8 mm | 14 mm | 22 mm | 9 mm | 3 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm | 4 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.8 | 7.8 | 11.3 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 5 | 5.5 | 6.6 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 57% | 59% | 45% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 29% | 36% | 43% | 45% | 44% |
| Sea temperature | 20° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 19° |
| Daylight | 12h 28 | 12h 19 | 12h 09 | 11h 57 | 11h 48 | 11h 44 | 11h 46 | 11h 53 | 12h 04 | 12h 15 | 12h 25 | 12h 31 |
| Month score | 59 | 50 | 41 | 66 | 87 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 94 | 83 | 77 | 69 |