Andes · Apurímac Department · PeruSummit weather, forecast and climate

Ampay

5,236 m

Elevation5,236 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation26 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul7°average high

13.56° S, 72.93° WElevation 5,236 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Ampay in brief

Ampay rises to 5,236 m in the Andes, Apurímac Department, Peru.

At the summit, October is the mildest month with average highs of 9°, while nights fall below freezing in 7 months of the year.

The nearest town in the atlas is Abancay, 9.8 km to the SE at 2,629 m.

Elevation: 5,236 m · 17,178 ft
Range: Andes
Region: Apurímac Department
Country: Peru
Coordinates: -13.5567, -72.9278
Nearest airport: Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) · 107 km

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Ampay by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	7°	7°	8°	9°	9°	9°	9°
Average low	1°	1°	0°	0°	-2°	-4°	-5°	-3°	-2°	0°	0°	1°
Precipitation	375 mm	313 mm	294 mm	115 mm	33 mm	15 mm	24 mm	43 mm	59 mm	114 mm	138 mm	233 mm
Cloud cover	84%	81%	81%	62%	33%	25%	20%	23%	38%	61%	75%	82%
Daylight	12h 50	12h 32	12h 11	11h 48	11h 29	11h 20	11h 24	11h 39	12h 01	12h 24	12h 44	12h 55
Month score	3	4	4	13	48	54	51	46	38	14	6	3

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	5,900 m	5,900 m	5,900 m	5,800 m	5,700 m	5,500 m	5,400 m	5,550 m	5,750 m	5,900 m	6,000 m	5,950 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C