Piura, Peru: population, climate, map and landmarks

Overview

Piura is a city in Peru. About 630,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Peru in our atlas.

It lies at 5.18° S, 80.66° W, about 29 m (95 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Lima time zone. It sits inside the tropics.

Location

Red dot: Piura. Green dots: other major cities of Peru. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

Piura has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 16°C (61°F). Around 137 mm (5 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.

Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.

Landmarks and places to see

Estadio Miguel GrauMulti-use stadium in Piura, Peru

Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.

What to eat in PeruNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.

Nearby major cities

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Sources

Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3693528 (CC BY 4.0)
Wikidata Q223966 (CC0)
Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology

Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.

Photo credits

Piura Plaza de Armas: No machine-readable author provided. Alfredobi assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
ESTADIO MIGUEL GRAU (PIURA) INTERIOR: Carlos Pozo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)