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Peru · 12.05°S 77.04°W · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)

No month in Lima fits the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon) — it is too cold. The table below shows which holiday types do fit.

Lima is dry all year: every month averages under 8 mm0.3 in of rain. February is the hottest month at 23 °C73 °F and August the coldest at 16 °C61 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -12.05, -77.04 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Lima weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

No month fits a Tropical holiday here.

Open Lima on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
22°72°JAN0023°73°FEB0023°73°MAR0021°70°APR0019°66°MAY0018°64°JUN0017°62°JUL0016°61°AUG0017°62°SEP0017°63°OCT0019°65°NOV0021°69°DEC00
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Lima's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonTropical verdict
January002272drytoo cold
February002373drytoo cold
March002373drytoo cold
April002170drytoo cold
May001966drytoo cold
June001864drytoo cold
July001762drytoo cold
August001661drytoo cold
September001762drytoo cold
October001763drytoo cold
November001965drytoo cold
December002169drytoo cold

When to go to Lima, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersall year
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Lima?

No. Lima is dry all year: every month averages under 8 mm0.3 in of rain.

February is the hottest month at 23 °C73 °F and August the coldest at 16 °C61 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 0 mm0 in.

Where to go instead when Lima doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months Lima doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.