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Putaqa (Pasco)

4,000 m

Elevation4,000 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation25 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul9°average high

10.73° S, 75.75° WElevation 4,000 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Putaqa (Pasco) in brief

Putaqa (Pasco) rises to 4,000 m in the Andes, Pasco, Peru.

At the summit, October is the mildest month with average highs of 12°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town is Huachón, 24 km to the NW at 3,384 m.

Elevation: 4,000 m · 13,123 ft
Range: Andes
Region: Pasco
Country: Peru
Coordinates: -10.7264, -75.7458
Nearest airport: Alferez Fap David Figueroa Fernandini Airport (HUU) · 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 Putaqa (Pasco) by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	10°	9°	10°	11°	12°	12°	11°
Average low	4°	4°	4°	3°	2°	1°	0°	1°	2°	3°	3°	4°
Precipitation	342 mm	297 mm	292 mm	157 mm	101 mm	78 mm	70 mm	83 mm	123 mm	192 mm	218 mm	286 mm
Cloud cover	78%	80%	80%	67%	44%	37%	35%	37%	50%	64%	73%	76%
Daylight	12h 41	12h 26	12h 10	11h 52	11h 37	11h 30	11h 33	11h 45	12h 02	12h 20	12h 36	12h 45
Month score	11	10	10	15	28	34	37	32	20	19	15	13

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	5,150 m	5,150 m	5,150 m	5,100 m	5,000 m	4,850 m	4,750 m	4,800 m	4,950 m	5,100 m	5,150 m	5,150 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