Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Rioja, Peru
Rioja climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,401 mm146 wet days a year
6.06° S, 77.17° WElevation 831 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time
When to goRioja · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low28° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Rioja has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 28° and nights 18°. June is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 18°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,401 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (197 mm, 17 wet days) and August the driest (66 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 27% in August to 63% in March.
Compared with Lima, the capital, Rioja is 9.5° warmer on a September afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · September
- Coldest nights
- 17° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 27% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 28 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 46 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 | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° |
| Average low | 20° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 122 mm | 156 mm | 197 mm | 145 mm | 104 mm | 70 mm | 55 mm | 66 mm | 78 mm | 125 mm | 144 mm | 139 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.1 | 14.8 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 9 | 12 | 14.1 | 14.4 |
| Cloud cover | 56% | 62% | 63% | 56% | 41% | 32% | 28% | 27% | 40% | 51% | 55% | 53% |
| Daylight | 12h 26 | 12h 18 | 12h 08 | 11h 58 | 11h 50 | 11h 46 | 11h 48 | 11h 55 | 12h 04 | 12h 14 | 12h 23 | 12h 28 |
| Month score | 48 | 46 | 45 | 48 | 59 | 72 | 76 | 76 | 61 | 50 | 47 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Rioja in every month
January48
27° / 20°
122 mm · 14.1 wet days
February46
27° / 20°
156 mm · 14.8 wet days
March45
27° / 20°
197 mm · 17.3 wet days
April48
27° / 19°
145 mm · 14.6 wet days
May59
27° / 19°
104 mm · 12.2 wet days
June72
26° / 18°
70 mm · 9.3 wet days
July76
26° / 17°
55 mm · 7.8 wet days
August76
27° / 18°
66 mm · 5.9 wet days
September61
28° / 18°
78 mm · 9 wet days
October50
28° / 19°
125 mm · 12 wet days
November47
27° / 20°
144 mm · 14.1 wet days
December49
27° / 20°
139 mm · 14.4 wet days