Winter Weather in Piura Peru

Daily high temperatures are around 82°F, rarely falling below 77°F or exceeding 88°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 81°F on July 21.

Daily low temperatures are around 65°F, rarely falling below 60°F or exceeding 71°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 63°F on August 15.

For reference, on February 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Piura typically range from 74°F to 92°F, while on August 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 63°F to 81°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average winter temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Kahului, United States (5,446 miles away); Voi, Kenya (8,207 miles); and Ambodivoara, Madagascar (8,804 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Piura (view comparison).

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The winter in Piura experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 35% to 31%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 24% on August 7.

The clearest day of the winter is August 7, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 76% of the time.

For reference, on February 14, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 76%, while on August 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 76%.

Over the course of the winter in Piura, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the winter is June 21, with 11 hours, 49 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 31, with 12 hours, 1 minute of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Piura is 6:33 AM on July 17 and the earliest sunrise is 11 minutes earlier at 6:22 AM on August 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:15 PM on June 1 and the latest sunset is 10 minutes later at 6:25 PM on August 4.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Piura during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:08 AM and sets 12 hours, 26 minutes later, at 6:33 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:29 AM and sets 11 hours, 49 minutes later, at 6:18 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the winter of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Piura is very rapidly decreasing during the winter, falling from 36% to 10% over the course of the season.

For reference, on February 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 92% of the time, while on September 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 10% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Piura is increasing during the winter, increasing from 12.0 miles per hour to 13.2 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on September 22, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.3 miles per hour, while on March 11, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Piura throughout the winter is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 96% on June 2.

Piura is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Piura is decreasing during the winter, falling by 4°F, from 68°F to 64°F, over the course of the season.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Piura are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Piura are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 7,117°F, from 8,352°F to 1,235°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Piura is gradually increasing during the winter, rising by 0.9 kWh, from 5.9 kWh to 6.8 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 5.9 kWh on June 5.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Piura are -5.194 deg latitude, -80.633 deg longitude, and 108 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Piura contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 98 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 112 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (518 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (7,270 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Piura is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) and bare soil (13%), within 10 miles by bare soil (51%) and grassland (11%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (36%) and water (19%).