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Satellite view of Playa Barranco; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Playa Barranco

PeruCallao · Peru · Pacific Ocean

-12.1450, -77.0232 · Barranco, 0 km

  • 22°Sea · February
  • 23°High · March
  • 10.1 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Playa Barranco. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Barranco in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high14°C at night
  • 17°CSea temperature
  • 7.8 hSunshine a day
  • 0 daysRainy days in the month1 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 351Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 17 kmAirport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 16.3 °C — 0.6 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.4 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaFebruary and March22 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August10 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and September1 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan21°5 h3 mm
  2. Feb22°4 h5 mm
  3. Mar21°4 h4 mm
  4. Apr20°7 h1 mm
  5. May19°9 h1 mm
  6. Jun18°10 h1 mm
  7. Jul18°10 h1 mm
  8. Aug17°10 h1 mm
  9. Sep17°8 h1 mm
  10. Oct17°8 h1 mm
  11. Nov18°8 h2 mm
  12. Dec19°5 h3 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 21°Feb: 22°Mar: 21°Apr: 20°May: 19°Jun: 18°Jul: 18°Aug: 17°Sep: 17°Oct: 17°Nov: 18°Dec: 19°17°22°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 19 °C (High 23° / Low 16°)Feb: 20 °C (High 23° / Low 17°)Mar: 20 °C (High 23° / Low 17°)Apr: 19 °C (High 23° / Low 16°)May: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 14°)Jun: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 13°)Jul: 17 °C (High 21° / Low 12°)Aug: 17 °C (High 21° / Low 13°)Sep: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 13°)Oct: 17 °C (High 21° / Low 14°)Nov: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 14°)Dec: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 15°)20°17°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm2 mm4 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3 mmFeb: 5 mm5Mar: 4 mmApr: 1 mmMay: 1 mmJun: 1 mm1Jul: 1 mmAug: 1 mmSep: 1 mm1Oct: 1 mmNov: 2 mmDec: 3 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.8 hFeb: 3.8 h3.8Mar: 4.2 hApr: 6.7 hMay: 9.1 hJun: 9.7 hJul: 10.1 h10.1Aug: 9.9 hSep: 8.5 hOct: 7.8 hNov: 7.5 hDec: 5.2 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa Barranco: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa Barranco: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January231621304.811
Februarywarmest sea231722513.810
March231721414.210
April231620106.710
May221419109.111
June221318109.712
July2112181010.112
August211317109.912
September221317108.512
October211417107.812
November221418207.512
December221519305.211

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Playa Barranco: Acantilados de La Costa Verde
Photo: Wasiwatana · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Barranco: ParapenteBarranco
Photo: Ursula Paulina Uriarte Espejo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Barranco: Peru - Lima 049 - catching the setting sun (6853036304)
Photo: McKay Savage from London, UK · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER23 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202011 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.123 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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