Puno · PeruSummit weather, forecast and climate

Khapia

4,809 m

Elevation4,809 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation59 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul8°average high

16.33° S, 69.14° WElevation 4,809 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Khapia in brief

Khapia rises to 4,809 m, Puno, Peru.

At the summit, November is the mildest month with average highs of 11°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Yunguyo, 11 km to the NE at 3,857 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 Khapia by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	8°	8°	9°	9°	11°	11°	10°
Average low	4°	4°	4°	3°	2°	1°	0°	1°	2°	3°	4°	4°
Precipitation	509 mm	422 mm	312 mm	130 mm	29 mm	26 mm	17 mm	36 mm	59 mm	90 mm	158 mm	256 mm
Cloud cover	82%	77%	70%	50%	27%	19%	15%	18%	28%	49%	64%	77%
Daylight	12h 59	12h 37	12h 12	11h 44	11h 21	11h 10	11h 14	11h 34	12h 00	12h 27	12h 52	13h 06
Month score	3	5	8	17	50	51	53	48	42	28	15	6

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	5,800 m	5,800 m	5,800 m	5,700 m	5,600 m	5,450 m	5,400 m	5,500 m	5,650 m	5,850 m	5,900 m	5,900 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
Cerro Aucanicota	4,392 m	–	25 km NE	9°
Cerro Silltata	4,235 m	–	24 km NE	9°
Cerro Chanitocollo	4,164 m	–	22 km NE	10°
Cerro Punicache	4,061 m	–	24 km NE	9°
Cerro Ceroca	4,010 m	–	18 km N	10°
Cerro Huacuyopata	4,002 m	–	23 km NE	10°
Asiru Phat'jata	3,895 m	–	7.1 km N	11°
Cerro Huayrahuichinca	3,815 m	–	16 km N	11°