Climate guideThirty-year normals for Virú
Virú climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing5°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation129 mm51 wet days a year
8.42° S, 78.75° WElevation 75 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time
When to goVirú · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low23° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Virú has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 27° and nights 22°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 129 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (28 mm, 11 wet days) and August the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in July to 65% in March.
Compared with Lima, the capital, Virú is 1.9° warmer on a March afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · March
- Coldest nights
- 16° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 18% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 37 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 38 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 | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° |
| Average low | 21° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 20 mm | 31 mm | 28 mm | 12 mm | 4 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm | 3 mm | 7 mm | 7 mm | 11 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.5 | 6.3 | 10.6 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| Cloud cover | 58% | 63% | 65% | 48% | 28% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 31% | 42% | 48% | 52% |
| Daylight | 12h 33 | 12h 22 | 12h 09 | 11h 55 | 11h 44 | 11h 38 | 11h 41 | 11h 50 | 12h 03 | 12h 17 | 12h 30 | 12h 37 |
| Month score | 68 | 65 | 53 | 75 | 94 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 84 | 80 | 75 |
ivMonth by month
Virú in every month
January68
26° / 21°
20 mm · 6.5 wet days
February65
27° / 22°
31 mm · 6.3 wet days
March53
27° / 22°
28 mm · 10.6 wet days
April75
26° / 21°
12 mm · 5.8 wet days
May94
24° / 19°
4 mm · 2.6 wet days
June98
23° / 18°
2 mm · 0.7 wet day
July99
22° / 17°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
August99
22° / 16°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
September96
22° / 17°
3 mm · 1.4 wet day
October84
23° / 17°
7 mm · 4.5 wet days
November80
24° / 18°
7 mm · 5.1 wet days
December75
25° / 20°
11 mm · 6.2 wet days