Chimbote climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chimbote?

Chimbote has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 87 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chimbote?

The hottest day measured in Chimbote between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1998, reaching 31.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chimbote?

The coldest day measured in Chimbote between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2020, at 11.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chimbote?

Almost never: Chimbote sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Chimbote warmed?

Yes: Chimbote warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chimbote?

The wettest day measured in Chimbote between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1941, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chimbote?

The windiest day measured in Chimbote between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1962, with winds reaching 23.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chimbote?

The warmest month in Chimbote is February (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (17.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chimbote?

Chimbote receives on average 87 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 18 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chimbote?

Chimbote gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chimbote (Peru) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 87 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is August (17.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Chimbote averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 18 rainy days per year.

Chimbote has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.9 °C (on 15 February 1998) and the coldest 11.0 °C (on 5 August 2020).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

ChimboteAncash

coords: -9.08°, -78.59°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthMarchDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

19.7°C

Average daily high

23.2°C

Average daily low

17.2°C

Annual rainfall

87mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

15.8km/h

Seasonal range

6.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

18 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.8 °C

Average feels-like low

18.3 °C

Average peak gust

32.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

60 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.06 · p = 0.019

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

31.9 °C

15 February 1998

Coldest day

11.0 °C

5 August 2020

Wettest day

76 mm

22 May 1941

Windiest day

23.4 km/h

15 April 1962

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

9 January 1941

Hottest feels-like

37.0 °C

15 February 1998

Coldest feels-like

9.8 °C

5 August 2020

Sunniest day

12.5 h

28 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	29.0 °C13 February 2025	13.6 °C31 August 2025	19.7 °C	81 mm	0
2024	29.7 °C3 March 2024	13.7 °C1 September 2024	19.9 °C	51 mm	0
2023	31.2 °C29 March 2023	16.0 °C10 September 2023	22.0 °C	101 mm	17
2022	29.8 °C8 March 2022	12.5 °C23 July 2022	18.5 °C	64 mm	0
2021	28.7 °C26 February 2021	12.7 °C20 September 2021	19.3 °C	45 mm	0
2020	29.8 °C23 February 2020	11.0 °C5 August 2020	19.8 °C	46 mm	0
2019	30.4 °C21 February 2019	11.8 °C1 August 2019	20.0 °C	55 mm	2
2018	28.4 °C26 February 2018	12.8 °C13 September 2018	19.6 °C	41 mm	0
2017	31.2 °C26 February 2017	12.5 °C30 July 2017	20.5 °C	69 mm	14
2016	30.1 °C27 February 2016	13.5 °C13 September 2016	20.5 °C	34 mm	1
2015	29.7 °C18 March 2015	14.2 °C23 August 2015	20.9 °C	63 mm	0
2014	27.9 °C18 February 2014	14.1 °C27 September 2014	20.0 °C	48 mm	0
2013	29.2 °C10 February 2013	12.9 °C14 August 2013	18.9 °C	62 mm	0
2012	28.3 °C15 February 2012	14.1 °C12 August 2012	20.3 °C	43 mm	0
2011	28.1 °C5 February 2011	12.8 °C16 October 2011	19.1 °C	37 mm	0
2010	29.5 °C13 April 2010	12.5 °C23 July 2010	19.1 °C	39 mm	0
2009	29.6 °C24 February 2009	14.3 °C23 September 2009	19.9 °C	78 mm	0
2008	29.8 °C23 February 2008	14.8 °C18 October 2008	19.9 °C	52 mm	0
2007	28.5 °C14 January 2007	12.6 °C4 July 2007	18.6 °C	30 mm	0
2006	28.4 °C15 February 2006	15.0 °C22 May 2006	19.7 °C	36 mm	0
2005	28.9 °C24 April 2005	13.4 °C20 October 2005	19.0 °C	16 mm	0
2004	30.1 °C29 March 2004	13.4 °C11 August 2004	19.5 °C	31 mm	1
2003	28.5 °C19 February 2003	13.3 °C26 September 2003	19.4 °C	26 mm	0
2002	29.5 °C21 March 2002	13.6 °C28 July 2002	19.9 °C	51 mm	0
2001	29.4 °C17 February 2001	13.3 °C16 September 2001	19.2 °C	32 mm	0
2000	29.3 °C10 March 2000	13.9 °C14 November 2000	19.5 °C	45 mm	0
1999	28.8 °C25 February 1999	14.0 °C10 August 1999	19.1 °C	70 mm	0
1998	31.9 °C15 February 1998	13.8 °C4 October 1998	21.2 °C	64 mm	42
1997	30.0 °C29 December 1997	17.4 °C14 October 1997	22.5 °C	38 mm	1
1996	29.2 °C8 March 1996	12.6 °C8 September 1996	18.6 °C	72 mm	0
1995	29.4 °C1 February 1995	13.2 °C1 August 1995	19.6 °C	39 mm	0
1994	28.6 °C12 February 1994	13.2 °C5 August 1994	20.0 °C	74 mm	0
1993	29.3 °C17 March 1993	13.8 °C6 August 1993	20.4 °C	98 mm	0
1992	30.7 °C23 March 1992	14.0 °C20 September 1992	20.9 °C	43 mm	2
1991	29.1 °C5 March 1991	13.4 °C19 August 1991	20.2 °C	46 mm	0
1990	29.5 °C10 February 1990	14.1 °C3 September 1990	19.7 °C	43 mm	0
1989	29.1 °C25 February 1989	13.3 °C15 September 1989	19.4 °C	59 mm	0
1988	28.7 °C19 February 1988	12.5 °C20 July 1988	19.1 °C	33 mm	0
1987	30.3 °C23 March 1987	15.0 °C13 August 1987	21.1 °C	52 mm	3
1986	29.1 °C2 February 1986	14.2 °C18 October 1986	19.6 °C	53 mm	0
1985	28.5 °C5 March 1985	13.2 °C28 July 1985	19.2 °C	54 mm	0
1984	28.4 °C20 March 1984	12.8 °C7 September 1984	19.7 °C	71 mm	0
1983	30.7 °C28 February 1983	15.6 °C23 October 1983	22.9 °C	224 mm	19
1982	30.1 °C30 December 1982	14.0 °C12 August 1982	20.5 °C	65 mm	1
1981	28.4 °C1 March 1981	13.4 °C24 August 1981	19.3 °C	53 mm	0
1980	29.3 °C30 March 1980	13.1 °C26 September 1980	20.0 °C	19 mm	0
1979	28.1 °C9 March 1979	13.4 °C23 July 1979	19.7 °C	22 mm	0
1978	28.1 °C5 March 1978	12.9 °C18 October 1978	19.3 °C	73 mm	0
1977	28.5 °C11 January 1977	12.4 °C19 August 1977	19.9 °C	81 mm	0
1976	28.5 °C9 March 1976	14.9 °C10 October 1976	20.6 °C	88 mm	0
1975	28.2 °C25 February 1975	13.0 °C9 September 1975	19.2 °C	110 mm	0
1974	28.4 °C24 March 1974	13.4 °C2 September 1974	19.2 °C	74 mm	0
1973	29.8 °C6 February 1973	12.1 °C30 July 1973	19.1 °C	84 mm	0
1972	29.5 °C27 February 1972	15.9 °C10 October 1972	21.3 °C	127 mm	0
1971	28.3 °C14 February 1971	13.1 °C21 August 1971	18.8 °C	100 mm	0
1970	28.7 °C5 March 1970	12.5 °C17 August 1970	18.8 °C	63 mm	0
1969	29.5 °C11 March 1969	13.0 °C4 October 1969	20.2 °C	76 mm	0
1968	29.0 °C25 February 1968	12.4 °C8 June 1968	18.7 °C	65 mm	0
1967	27.6 °C19 March 1967	12.9 °C14 September 1967	18.6 °C	85 mm	0
1966	29.3 °C4 February 1966	13.2 °C4 July 1966	19.2 °C	56 mm	0
1965	29.1 °C9 March 1965	14.1 °C9 October 1965	20.5 °C	54 mm	0
1964	28.4 °C27 February 1964	12.8 °C24 July 1964	18.6 °C	87 mm	0
1963	28.8 °C12 March 1963	13.6 °C22 August 1963	19.4 °C	71 mm	0
1962	28.1 °C4 February 1962	13.0 °C29 August 1962	19.1 °C	55 mm	0
1961	28.8 °C21 March 1961	13.2 °C25 July 1961	19.2 °C	66 mm	0
1960	28.1 °C5 March 1960	13.0 °C24 June 1960	19.1 °C	47 mm	0
1959	29.1 °C20 March 1959	12.4 °C23 July 1959	19.5 °C	86 mm	0
1958	29.8 °C21 February 1958	13.7 °C17 August 1958	20.2 °C	109 mm	0
1957	28.3 °C28 February 1957	14.7 °C22 September 1957	20.4 °C	111 mm	0
1956	27.0 °C1 March 1956	13.2 °C22 July 1956	18.6 °C	88 mm	0
1955	28.0 °C2 March 1955	12.2 °C3 September 1955	18.3 °C	59 mm	0
1954	27.5 °C16 February 1954	11.8 °C25 July 1954	18.0 °C	67 mm	0
1953	28.2 °C11 March 1953	14.1 °C16 October 1953	19.8 °C	39 mm	0
1952	28.3 °C1 March 1952	13.3 °C14 July 1952	19.0 °C	48 mm	0
1951	27.3 °C2 March 1951	14.5 °C9 September 1951	19.7 °C	84 mm	0
1950	27.7 °C19 March 1950	12.1 °C25 September 1950	18.4 °C	51 mm	0
1949	29.0 °C15 March 1949	13.1 °C18 October 1949	19.2 °C	71 mm	0
1948	28.8 °C28 February 1948	13.0 °C5 October 1948	19.2 °C	89 mm	0
1947	28.3 °C23 February 1947	12.8 °C17 September 1947	19.0 °C	67 mm	0
1946	27.4 °C17 February 1946	13.1 °C24 July 1946	18.6 °C	72 mm	0
1945	27.6 °C25 February 1945	13.8 °C17 August 1945	19.5 °C	95 mm	0
1944	28.6 °C17 March 1944	13.2 °C17 November 1944	19.5 °C	58 mm	0
1943	27.9 °C21 February 1943	13.3 °C17 August 1943	19.0 °C	75 mm	0
1942	27.2 °C7 March 1942	12.8 °C15 August 1942	19.0 °C	843 mm	0
1941	29.7 °C8 March 1941	14.5 °C12 September 1941	20.9 °C	1,245 mm	0
1940	28.8 °C21 March 1940	12.8 °C21 July 1940	20.1 °C	61 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.1 °C

-0.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

81 mm

-6 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.1 °C	-0.7 °C	7 mm	-3 mm
Feb	26.8 °C	0.0 °C	18 mm	+4 mm
Mar	26.9 °C	+0.1 °C	19 mm	+1 mm
Apr	24.5 °C	-0.7 °C	8 mm	-1 mm
May	22.8 °C	-0.3 °C	4 mm	-4 mm
Jun	22.0 °C	+0.4 °C	6 mm	-0 mm
Jul	21.4 °C	+0.7 °C	5 mm	-0 mm
Aug	20.5 °C	+0.1 °C	6 mm	+3 mm
Sep	20.2 °C	-0.4 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Oct	21.5 °C	+0.3 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Nov	22.6 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Dec	23.4 °C	-0.6 °C	0 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

29.0 °C

13 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.6 °C

31 Aug 2025

Wettest day

3.8 mm

2 Mar 2025

Windiest day

20.7 km/h

22 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

40.3 km/h

22 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

32.2 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.0 °C

31 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

28 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chimbote?

Chimbote has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 87 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chimbote?

The hottest day measured in Chimbote between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1998, reaching 31.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chimbote?

The coldest day measured in Chimbote between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2020, at 11.0 °C.

Does it snow in Chimbote?

Almost never: Chimbote sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Chimbote warmed?

Yes: Chimbote warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chimbote?

The wettest day measured in Chimbote between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1941, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chimbote?

The windiest day measured in Chimbote between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1962, with winds reaching 23.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chimbote?

The warmest month in Chimbote is February (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (17.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Chimbote?

Chimbote receives on average 87 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 18 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chimbote?

Chimbote gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chimbote?

Yes: Chimbote has on average 60 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chimbote?

In Chimbote, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 15 February 1998, and the lowest was 9.8 °C on 5 August 2020.

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