Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ica
Ica climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation31 mm51 wet days a year
14.08° S, 75.73° WElevation 396 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time
When to goIca · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low28° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ica has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 30° and nights 22°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 31 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. February is the wettest month (10 mm, 11 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in August to 56% in February.
Compared with Lima, the capital, Ica is 5.4° warmer on a March afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · March
- Coldest nights
- 16° · July
- Wettest month
- February
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- August · 10% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 18 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 | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 27° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° |
| Average low | 21° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 18° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 6 mm | 10 mm | 9 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.8 | 10.7 | 10 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 6.7 |
| Cloud cover | 55% | 56% | 55% | 35% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 10% | 15% | 28% | 40% | 49% |
| Daylight | 12h 52 | 12h 33 | 12h 11 | 11h 47 | 11h 28 | 11h 18 | 11h 22 | 11h 38 | 12h 01 | 12h 24 | 12h 46 | 12h 57 |
| Month score | 51 | 43 | 44 | 68 | 87 | 96 | 100 | 98 | 90 | 84 | 72 | 58 |
ivMonth by month
Ica in every month
January51
30° / 21°
6 mm · 7.8 wet days
February43
30° / 22°
10 mm · 10.7 wet days
March44
30° / 22°
9 mm · 10 wet days
April68
30° / 20°
2 mm · 4.8 wet days
May87
27° / 18°
0 mm · 1.3 wet day
June96
25° / 16°
0 mm · 1.3 wet day
July100
25° / 16°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
August98
25° / 16°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
September90
27° / 16°
0 mm · 1.3 wet day
October84
28° / 17°
1 mm · 2.2 wet days
November72
28° / 18°
1 mm · 4.2 wet days
December58
29° / 20°
2 mm · 6.7 wet days