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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Centenario, Peru
Centenario climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation798 mm70 wet days a year
9.52° S, 77.53° WElevation 3,039 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time
When to goCentenario · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low16° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Centenario has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 17° and nights 6°. June is the coolest month, with highs of 16° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 798 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (83 mm, 11 wet days) and August the driest (7 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 21% in July to 61% in March.
Compared with Lima, the capital, Centenario is 4.2° cooler on a November afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 17° · November
- Coldest nights
- 4° · July
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 21% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 40 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 34 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 16° |
| Average low | 7° | 8° | 7° | 7° | 6° | 5° | 4° | 5° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 113 mm | 129 mm | 170 mm | 92 mm | 26 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm | 7 mm | 29 mm | 62 mm | 79 mm | 83 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.2 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 6 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 5 | 7.4 | 10.5 |
| Cloud cover | 58% | 60% | 61% | 49% | 34% | 25% | 21% | 22% | 37% | 48% | 54% | 57% |
| Daylight | 12h 37 | 12h 24 | 12h 10 | 11h 54 | 11h 41 | 11h 34 | 11h 37 | 11h 48 | 12h 03 | 12h 18 | 12h 33 | 12h 40 |
| Month score | 60 | 58 | 56 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 82 | 85 | 80 | 72 | 65 | 56 |
ivMonth by month
Centenario in every month
January60
16° / 7°
113 mm · 8.2 wet days
February58
16° / 8°
129 mm · 8.4 wet days
March56
16° / 7°
170 mm · 9.2 wet days
April70
16° / 7°
92 mm · 6 wet days
May77
16° / 6°
26 mm · 4.8 wet days
June82
16° / 5°
6 mm · 2.4 wet days
July82
16° / 4°
2 mm · 2.5 wet days
August85
16° / 5°
7 mm · 2.1 wet days
September80
16° / 6°
29 mm · 3.1 wet days
October72
16° / 6°
62 mm · 5 wet days
November65
17° / 6°
79 mm · 7.4 wet days
December56
16° / 7°
83 mm · 10.5 wet days