Moquegua Department · PeruSummit weather, forecast and climate

Hipocapac

5,596 m

Elevation5,596 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation32 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul20°average high

16.62° S, 70.79° WElevation 5,596 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Hipocapac in brief

Hipocapac rises to 5,596 m, Moquegua Department, Peru.

At the summit, October is the mildest month with average highs of 22°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Omate, 22 km to the W at 2,036 m.

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 Hipocapac by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	20°	20°	19°	20°	20°	20°	20°	21°	21°	22°	22°	21°
Average low	12°	12°	11°	9°	7°	7°	7°	8°	9°	10°	11°	12°
Precipitation	119 mm	110 mm	87 mm	18 mm	3 mm	3 mm	3 mm	7 mm	8 mm	8 mm	12 mm	36 mm
Cloud cover	63%	60%	57%	40%	20%	14%	11%	13%	18%	33%	44%	56%
Daylight	13h 00	12h 38	12h 12	11h 43	11h 21	11h 09	11h 13	11h 33	12h 00	12h 28	12h 53	13h 07
Month score	54	57	65	91	99	99	99	98	98	97	91	79

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	8,000 m	8,000 m	7,950 m	7,800 m	7,700 m	7,650 m	7,700 m	7,800 m	7,900 m	8,050 m	8,100 m	8,100 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

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Pucasaya (Moquegua)	5,320 m	–	24 km NW	6°
Q'uwa Laki	5,200 m	–	22 km NW	6°
Hatun P'ukru	5,153 m	–	12 km N	6°
Puma Sulu	5,015 m	–	23 km E	6°
Huaynaputina	4,850 m	–	6.2 km W	11°