Chongoyape climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chongoyape?

Chongoyape has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 541 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Chongoyape between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1987, reaching 33.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chongoyape?

The coldest day measured in Chongoyape between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2011, at 12.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chongoyape?

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

Q: Has the climate of Chongoyape warmed?

Yes: Chongoyape warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chongoyape?

The wettest day measured in Chongoyape between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chongoyape?

The windiest day measured in Chongoyape between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1966, with winds reaching 19.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chongoyape?

The warmest month in Chongoyape is February (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (19.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chongoyape?

Chongoyape receives on average 541 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chongoyape?

Chongoyape gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chongoyape (Peru) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 541 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is August (19.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Chongoyape averages 0 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.

Chongoyape has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 5 March 1987) and the coldest 12.4 °C (on 16 October 2011).

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

ChongoyapeLambayeque

coords: -6.64°, -79.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthMarchDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.3°C

Average daily high

26.5°C

Average daily low

18.1°C

Annual rainfall

541mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

13.2km/h

Seasonal range

4.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

24 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

92 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.8 °C

Average feels-like low

19.7 °C

Average peak gust

34.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

82 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.15 · p = < 0.001

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

33.5 °C

5 March 1987

Coldest day

12.4 °C

16 October 2011

Wettest day

130 mm

23 January 1942

Windiest day

19.2 km/h

20 January 1966

Strongest gust

48.2 km/h

9 January 1981

Hottest feels-like

38.6 °C

2 March 1983

Coldest feels-like

12.2 °C

16 October 2011

Sunniest day

12.4 h

24 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.2 °C9 March 2025	15.0 °C29 August 2025	21.8 °C	540 mm	23
2024	33.3 °C22 February 2024	15.2 °C16 July 2024	22.2 °C	217 mm	80
2023	32.6 °C18 February 2023	16.5 °C8 January 2023	23.2 °C	801 mm	54
2022	32.0 °C13 March 2022	13.2 °C30 October 2022	20.7 °C	330 mm	27
2021	33.2 °C17 February 2021	13.8 °C20 September 2021	21.3 °C	226 mm	43
2020	33.0 °C15 March 2020	12.6 °C3 November 2020	21.9 °C	144 mm	106
2019	32.6 °C25 January 2019	13.8 °C29 August 2019	21.7 °C	392 mm	45
2018	31.6 °C4 February 2018	14.5 °C14 September 2018	21.4 °C	190 mm	34
2017	32.5 °C30 January 2017	13.9 °C1 November 2017	21.8 °C	852 mm	43
2016	32.9 °C24 February 2016	14.1 °C21 November 2016	22.4 °C	431 mm	53
2015	31.2 °C10 February 2015	16.1 °C27 August 2015	22.6 °C	399 mm	20
2014	32.2 °C4 February 2014	14.7 °C27 September 2014	21.9 °C	158 mm	38
2013	32.3 °C10 February 2013	14.3 °C4 August 2013	20.8 °C	189 mm	40
2012	30.8 °C3 January 2012	15.1 °C12 August 2012	21.8 °C	537 mm	15
2011	31.9 °C10 March 2011	12.4 °C16 October 2011	21.0 °C	219 mm	19
2010	32.4 °C13 April 2010	13.9 °C30 October 2010	20.9 °C	321 mm	36
2009	31.0 °C9 March 2009	15.6 °C23 September 2009	21.6 °C	479 mm	11
2008	31.5 °C9 March 2008	15.8 °C18 August 2008	21.6 °C	552 mm	28
2007	32.6 °C30 January 2007	14.0 °C25 August 2007	20.8 °C	279 mm	52
2006	32.1 °C14 March 2006	15.7 °C20 October 2006	21.8 °C	376 mm	34
2005	32.8 °C20 January 2005	14.4 °C21 July 2005	21.2 °C	240 mm	39
2004	33.4 °C29 March 2004	14.3 °C11 August 2004	21.4 °C	191 mm	57
2003	31.8 °C19 March 2003	14.5 °C15 August 2003	21.2 °C	203 mm	27
2002	31.7 °C14 March 2002	15.0 °C18 September 2002	21.7 °C	487 mm	33
2001	31.3 °C18 February 2001	14.5 °C28 September 2001	20.8 °C	602 mm	7
2000	30.8 °C31 January 2000	14.6 °C12 November 2000	21.1 °C	432 mm	8
1999	30.1 °C1 February 1999	14.7 °C8 November 1999	20.6 °C	503 mm	1
1998	31.5 °C15 February 1998	15.1 °C22 August 1998	22.3 °C	2,196 mm	28
1997	32.4 °C3 March 1997	17.8 °C6 January 1997	23.7 °C	398 mm	42
1996	31.0 °C5 February 1996	13.8 °C19 July 1996	20.3 °C	360 mm	7
1995	33.1 °C15 March 1995	14.6 °C14 October 1995	21.3 °C	405 mm	25
1994	31.1 °C30 March 1994	14.7 °C1 August 1994	21.5 °C	514 mm	9
1993	31.4 °C19 February 1993	15.0 °C25 November 1993	22.0 °C	646 mm	14
1992	33.3 °C23 March 1992	15.6 °C4 August 1992	22.3 °C	722 mm	38
1991	32.1 °C3 February 1991	14.7 °C17 August 1991	21.8 °C	391 mm	32
1990	33.1 °C1 March 1990	14.9 °C19 September 1990	21.5 °C	217 mm	40
1989	31.4 °C27 March 1989	14.7 °C10 July 1989	21.0 °C	573 mm	14
1988	31.3 °C29 February 1988	13.7 °C17 July 1988	20.9 °C	317 mm	16
1987	33.5 °C5 March 1987	15.7 °C2 November 1987	22.6 °C	566 mm	52
1986	31.6 °C2 February 1986	14.4 °C18 October 1986	21.2 °C	405 mm	12
1985	33.0 °C21 March 1985	14.0 °C14 August 1985	20.8 °C	227 mm	39
1984	30.3 °C6 January 1984	14.5 °C3 September 1984	21.2 °C	594 mm	4
1983	32.1 °C21 March 1983	16.9 °C23 October 1983	23.9 °C	1,754 mm	60
1982	31.6 °C21 November 1982	16.0 °C12 August 1982	22.1 °C	515 mm	15
1981	31.7 °C23 March 1981	14.5 °C31 July 1981	21.0 °C	462 mm	4
1980	31.9 °C3 April 1980	14.3 °C26 September 1980	21.8 °C	221 mm	44
1979	31.2 °C31 January 1979	14.6 °C29 October 1979	21.6 °C	231 mm	20
1978	32.7 °C14 January 1978	14.0 °C17 October 1978	21.3 °C	260 mm	33
1977	30.9 °C27 January 1977	14.1 °C19 August 1977	21.7 °C	426 mm	26
1976	31.9 °C18 December 1976	14.3 °C10 October 1976	22.0 °C	634 mm	16
1975	31.3 °C24 January 1975	14.2 °C6 September 1975	20.9 °C	654 mm	10
1974	30.7 °C3 February 1974	13.8 °C12 September 1974	20.8 °C	334 mm	9
1973	32.5 °C9 February 1973	13.2 °C10 August 1973	20.7 °C	525 mm	24
1972	32.5 °C19 February 1972	16.2 °C25 September 1972	22.6 °C	652 mm	42
1971	32.1 °C10 February 1971	14.3 °C31 July 1971	20.5 °C	574 mm	11
1970	31.4 °C18 February 1970	13.0 °C17 August 1970	20.6 °C	315 mm	16
1969	32.0 °C23 February 1969	14.2 °C30 September 1969	21.8 °C	331 mm	23
1968	30.3 °C25 February 1968	13.6 °C8 June 1968	20.4 °C	229 mm	4
1967	30.3 °C9 March 1967	13.7 °C26 August 1967	20.3 °C	403 mm	3
1966	31.7 °C3 March 1966	13.6 °C8 July 1966	20.9 °C	201 mm	24
1965	30.2 °C28 March 1965	14.1 °C27 November 1965	21.7 °C	556 mm	3
1964	30.8 °C8 February 1964	13.1 °C24 July 1964	20.1 °C	588 mm	2
1963	30.9 °C19 February 1963	14.3 °C18 July 1963	20.8 °C	307 mm	7
1962	29.9 °C10 February 1962	14.4 °C23 August 1962	20.5 °C	326 mm	0
1961	30.2 °C21 February 1961	14.0 °C6 August 1961	20.6 °C	545 mm	2
1960	30.5 °C9 February 1960	14.3 °C30 September 1960	20.7 °C	304 mm	5
1959	31.6 °C14 February 1959	13.5 °C18 July 1959	21.3 °C	569 mm	13
1958	31.8 °C21 February 1958	14.8 °C6 November 1958	21.6 °C	736 mm	17
1957	30.2 °C25 December 1957	16.0 °C3 January 1957	21.8 °C	807 mm	3
1956	30.3 °C15 December 1956	14.0 °C27 October 1956	20.3 °C	584 mm	2
1955	31.3 °C13 March 1955	13.3 °C22 October 1955	20.2 °C	373 mm	6
1954	32.3 °C14 February 1954	12.7 °C10 October 1954	20.0 °C	272 mm	15
1953	31.6 °C6 March 1953	14.5 °C5 October 1953	21.5 °C	359 mm	53
1952	31.1 °C9 March 1952	14.0 °C2 November 1952	20.7 °C	361 mm	13
1951	31.7 °C17 February 1951	15.2 °C8 November 1951	21.4 °C	276 mm	23
1950	32.2 °C21 March 1950	12.9 °C19 October 1950	20.2 °C	195 mm	31
1949	30.0 °C13 March 1949	13.9 °C20 October 1949	20.6 °C	653 mm	2
1948	31.2 °C11 March 1948	14.4 °C16 August 1948	21.0 °C	450 mm	11
1947	32.2 °C22 February 1947	13.3 °C14 October 1947	20.9 °C	329 mm	25
1946	31.2 °C17 February 1946	13.6 °C23 July 1946	20.5 °C	526 mm	8
1945	31.1 °C15 February 1945	15.1 °C25 July 1945	21.2 °C	356 mm	8
1944	31.7 °C21 March 1944	13.6 °C18 November 1944	21.2 °C	334 mm	6
1943	31.4 °C20 February 1943	13.8 °C3 November 1943	20.7 °C	311 mm	11
1942	29.7 °C10 February 1942	12.8 °C2 December 1942	20.3 °C	4,345 mm	0
1941	30.9 °C12 February 1941	15.0 °C2 November 1941	22.0 °C	4,412 mm	5
1940	32.2 °C20 February 1940	15.2 °C13 September 1940	21.9 °C	81 mm	67

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.0 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

23 d/yr

-1

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

540 mm

-1 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.5 °C	-0.1 °C	29 mm	-39 mm
Feb	29.0 °C	-0.1 °C	159 mm	+45 mm
Mar	29.1 °C	+0.3 °C	181 mm	+10 mm
Apr	28.3 °C	+0.5 °C	87 mm	-2 mm
May	27.1 °C	+0.5 °C	19 mm	-15 mm
Jun	25.4 °C	+0.2 °C	15 mm	+6 mm
Jul	25.4 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Aug	24.9 °C	+0.8 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Sep	25.2 °C	+0.6 °C	5 mm	+1 mm
Oct	26.2 °C	+0.8 °C	7 mm	-2 mm
Nov	26.7 °C	+0.3 °C	27 mm	+16 mm
Dec	27.8 °C	+0.2 °C	8 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.2 °C

9 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.0 °C

29 Aug 2025

Wettest day

31.2 mm

27 Mar 2025

Windiest day

16.6 km/h

30 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

41.8 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.4 °C

29 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

24 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chongoyape?

Chongoyape has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 541 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chongoyape?

The hottest day measured in Chongoyape between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1987, reaching 33.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chongoyape?

The coldest day measured in Chongoyape between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2011, at 12.4 °C.

Does it snow in Chongoyape?

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

Has the climate of Chongoyape warmed?

Yes: Chongoyape warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chongoyape?

The wettest day measured in Chongoyape between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chongoyape?

The windiest day measured in Chongoyape between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1966, with winds reaching 19.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chongoyape?

The warmest month in Chongoyape is February (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (19.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Chongoyape?

Chongoyape receives on average 541 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chongoyape?

Chongoyape gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chongoyape?

Yes: Chongoyape has on average 82 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chongoyape?

In Chongoyape, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 2 March 1983, and the lowest was 12.2 °C on 16 October 2011.

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