Lima month by month
Plan your visit to Lima by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 24°C
- Low
- 20°C
- Rain
- 7 mm
January is when Lima's coastal fog finally lifts. For roughly 8 months, a low marine layer called the garúa keeps the city grey and cool, with winter highs barely reaching the…
- February
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 21°C
- Rain
- 16 mm
February might be the only month when Lima resembles the Pacific coastal capital you imagined before landing. For most of the year, from May through November, the garúa blankets…
- March
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 20°C
- Rain
- 11 mm
March in Lima is your last reliable stretch of Pacific coast summer before the grey season arrives. Temperatures still reach 24.9°C (77°F) during the day with lows around 20.4°C…
- April
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 1 mm
April is Lima's last comfortable month before the garúa moves in. That thick coastal fog blankets the city from roughly May through November, turning the sky into a low,…
- May
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 17°C
- Rain
- 1 mm
May in Lima is when the garúa settles in. This fine coastal mist forms where the cold Humboldt Current meets warm Pacific air. It turns the sky a flat grey that will not fully lift…
- June
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 1 mm
June in Lima means grey skies. The garúa, a fine coastal fog that rolls off the Pacific, blankets the city most mornings and rarely lifts before dark. Daytime temperatures hover…
- July
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 0 mm
July in Lima means garúa. This is the peak of the city's extended gray season, when a low marine layer presses down over the coast and rarely lifts for weeks at a stretch.…
- August
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 1 mm
August in Lima means the garúa. This fine coastal fog blankets the city from roughly May through November, and August is when it sits heaviest. Daytime highs reach about 18.6°C…
- September
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 1 mm
September in Lima means garúa. That fine, persistent coastal mist hangs over the city most days and holds skies gray. Temperatures reach about 18.7°C (66°F) in the afternoon. If…
- October
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 1 mm
October in Lima belongs to the Señor de los Milagros. This procession, one of the largest Catholic devotions in the Americas, fills the streets around the Iglesia de Las Nazarenas…
- November
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 16°C
- Rain
- 1 mm
November is the month Lima's sky starts to remember the sun. The garúa, a thick marine fog layer that blankets the city from roughly May through October, tends to thin and fragment…
- December
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 18°C
- Rain
- 8 mm
December is when Lima wakes up. The garúa, that stubborn grey coastal fog, smothers the city from May through November. By early December the cloud layer starts to break, and…