Climate guideThirty-year normals for Tarma
Tarma climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation993 mm51 wet days a year
11.42° S, 75.69° WElevation 3,055 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time
When to goTarma · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low15° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Tarma has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 15° and nights 7°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 993 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (149 mm, 9 wet days) and August the driest (28 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in August to 68% in February.
Compared with Lima, the capital, Tarma is 5.5° cooler on a November afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 15° · November
- Coldest nights
- 4° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 33% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 47 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 27 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 | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° |
| Average low | 8° | 8° | 8° | 7° | 6° | 5° | 4° | 4° | 6° | 7° | 7° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 158 mm | 148 mm | 149 mm | 71 mm | 35 mm | 22 mm | 22 mm | 28 mm | 52 mm | 80 mm | 96 mm | 132 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 3 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 7.5 |
| Cloud cover | 67% | 68% | 68% | 56% | 39% | 36% | 34% | 33% | 41% | 53% | 61% | 65% |
| Daylight | 12h 43 | 12h 28 | 12h 10 | 11h 51 | 11h 36 | 11h 27 | 11h 31 | 11h 44 | 12h 02 | 12h 21 | 12h 38 | 12h 47 |
| Month score | 49 | 49 | 46 | 62 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 65 | 52 |
ivMonth by month
Tarma in every month
January49
15° / 8°
158 mm · 8 wet days
February49
15° / 8°
148 mm · 8 wet days
March46
15° / 8°
149 mm · 9 wet days
April62
15° / 7°
71 mm · 4.3 wet days
May73
15° / 6°
35 mm · 2.2 wet days
June69
14° / 5°
22 mm · 3 wet days
July73
14° / 4°
22 mm · 1.3 wet day
August76
14° / 4°
28 mm · 1 wet day
September74
15° / 6°
52 mm · 1.5 wet days
October69
15° / 7°
80 mm · 2.2 wet days
November65
15° / 7°
96 mm · 3.2 wet days
December52
15° / 7°
132 mm · 7.5 wet days