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Huacho climate by month
What the weather is like
Huacho has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 28° and nights 21°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 26 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (6 mm, 5 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 38% in May to 60% in February.
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, Huacho is 2.5° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · February
- Coldest nights
- 14° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- May · 38% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 22° · February
- Longest day
- 12 h 46 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 29 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 | 27° | 28° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 25° |
| Average low | 20° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 17° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 3 mm | 6 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.8 | 4 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Cloud cover | 58% | 60% | 60% | 45% | 38% | 42% | 43% | 41% | 42% | 46% | 51% | 54% |
| Sea temperature | 21° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 19° |
| Daylight | 12h 42 | 12h 27 | 12h 10 | 11h 51 | 11h 36 | 11h 29 | 11h 32 | 11h 44 | 12h 02 | 12h 20 | 12h 37 | 12h 46 |
| Month score | 77 | 68 | 65 | 86 | 94 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 93 | 91 | 88 | 85 |