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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ferreñafe
Ferreñafe climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation138 mm54 wet days a year
6.64° S, 79.79° WElevation 42 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time
When to goFerreñafe · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low27° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ferreñafe has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 31° and nights 23°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 138 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (49 mm, 11 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 26% in June to 61% in March.
Compared with Lima, the capital, Ferreñafe is 6.4° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · February
- Coldest nights
- 16° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- June · 26% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 30 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 44 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 29° |
| Average low | 21° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 19° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 15 mm | 25 mm | 49 mm | 20 mm | 7 mm | 3 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 4 mm | 4 mm | 7 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 | 51% | 59% | 61% | 46% | 31% | 26% | 26% | 27% | 35% | 42% | 44% | 44% |
| Daylight | 12h 28 | 12h 19 | 12h 09 | 11h 58 | 11h 49 | 11h 44 | 11h 46 | 11h 54 | 12h 04 | 12h 15 | 12h 25 | 12h 30 |
| Month score | 51 | 43 | 34 | 58 | 81 | 94 | 98 | 99 | 92 | 76 | 71 | 61 |
ivMonth by month
Ferreñafe in every month
January51
31° / 21°
15 mm · 6.8 wet days
February43
31° / 23°
25 mm · 7.8 wet days
March34
31° / 23°
49 mm · 11.3 wet days
April58
30° / 21°
20 mm · 6.2 wet days
May81
28° / 19°
7 mm · 2.6 wet days
June94
26° / 17°
3 mm · 0.6 wet day
July98
25° / 17°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
August99
25° / 16°
1 mm · 0.4 wet days
September92
26° / 16°
2 mm · 1.3 wet day
October76
27° / 17°
4 mm · 5 wet days
November71
28° / 18°
4 mm · 5.5 wet days
December61
29° / 19°
7 mm · 6.6 wet days