Máncora climate by month
What the weather is like
Máncora has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 29° and nights 24°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 285 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (71 mm, 12 wet days) and August the driest (1 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in August to 58% in March.
The sea reaches about 25° 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, Máncora is 3.7° warmer on a March afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · March
- Coldest nights
- 20° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 17% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 25° · February
- Longest day
- 12 h 21 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 53 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 | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 38 mm | 56 mm | 71 mm | 44 mm | 45 mm | 12 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 3 mm | 11 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.3 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 9 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 57% | 58% | 44% | 32% | 24% | 19% | 17% | 29% | 35% | 36% | 38% |
| Sea temperature | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 23° |
| Daylight | 12h 20 | 12h 14 | 12h 08 | 12h 01 | 11h 56 | 11h 53 | 11h 54 | 11h 59 | 12h 05 | 12h 12 | 12h 18 | 12h 21 |
| Month score | 64 | 48 | 45 | 58 | 82 | 84 | 91 | 95 | 95 | 89 | 88 | 78 |