Tumbes weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇪 Peru · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Tumbes is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with September and June close behind. Tumbes averages about 2,148 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,148
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 384 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 97k
- Elevation
- 30 m
When is the best time to visit Tumbes?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tumbes is August, then September and June. The dullest month is March (68/100, 126 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tumbes?
Tumbes gets a moderate 2,148 hours of sunshine a year. August (91/100) is noticeably better than March (68). It ranks #17 of 25 destinations in Peru for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,286 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 70% of the year's 384 mm falls in the three months around March.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 83 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 45 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 74 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 93 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 68 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 126 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 82 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 51 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| May | 87 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 23 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| June | 90 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 8 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| July | 90 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 5 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 3 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 3 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 90 | 26° / 79°F | 22° / 72°F | 5 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 90 | 26° / 79°F | 22° / 72°F | 7 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| December | 89 | 27° / 81°F | 23° / 73°F | 15 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
Sea temperature in Tumbes by month
The sea off Tumbes is warmest in February at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in August at 26°C / 79°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Guayaquil Ecuador · 165 km · best in May · 1,184 h sun/yr
- Piura Peru · 186 km · best in Jun · 2,749 h sun/yr
- Chiclayo Peru · 365 km · best in Jun · 2,389 h sun/yr
- Quito Ecuador · 443 km · best in Sep · 1,338 h sun/yr
- Cajamarca Peru · 450 km · best in Jun · 2,412 h sun/yr
- Trujillo Peru · 523 km · best in Jun · 2,249 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Catamayo Ecuador · 122 km · 1,367 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Talara Peru · 150 km · 2,785 h sun/yr · best in May
- Salinas/La Libertad Ecuador · 164 km · 2,016 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Cuenca Ecuador · 172 km · 1,236 h sun/yr · best in Oct
Head-to-head
How Tumbes compares month by month: Tumbes vs Quito · Tumbes vs Guayaquil · Tumbes vs Piura · Tumbes vs Chiclayo · all comparisons
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