Climate guideThirty-year normals for Cusco
Cusco climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation880 mm108 wet days a year
13.53° S, 71.97° WElevation 3,312 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time
When to goCusco · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low17° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Cusco has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 17° and nights 7°. June is the coolest month, with highs of 15° 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 880 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. February is the wettest month (162 mm, 21 wet days) and August the driest (10 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 19% in July to 67% in January.
Compared with Lima, the capital, Cusco is 3.1° cooler on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 17° · October
- Coldest nights
- 4° · July
- Wettest month
- February
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 19% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 55 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 20 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 | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 16° | 16° |
| Average low | 8° | 8° | 7° | 7° | 6° | 5° | 4° | 5° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 8° |
| Precipitation | 199 mm | 162 mm | 142 mm | 48 mm | 9 mm | 7 mm | 7 mm | 10 mm | 20 mm | 57 mm | 83 mm | 136 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 18.5 | 20.8 | 17.7 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 7.2 | 11.8 | 18 |
| Cloud cover | 67% | 64% | 63% | 48% | 28% | 22% | 19% | 21% | 31% | 49% | 60% | 65% |
| Daylight | 12h 50 | 12h 32 | 12h 11 | 11h 48 | 11h 30 | 11h 20 | 11h 24 | 11h 39 | 12h 01 | 12h 23 | 12h 44 | 12h 55 |
| Month score | 36 | 37 | 38 | 62 | 80 | 76 | 82 | 87 | 84 | 67 | 50 | 39 |
ivMonth by month
Cusco in every month
January36
15° / 8°
199 mm · 18.5 wet days
February37
15° / 8°
162 mm · 20.8 wet days
March38
15° / 7°
142 mm · 17.7 wet days
April62
15° / 7°
48 mm · 6.2 wet days
May80
15° / 6°
9 mm · 1.7 wet days
June76
15° / 5°
7 mm · 2.8 wet days
July82
15° / 4°
7 mm · 0.8 wet day
August87
16° / 5°
10 mm · 0.3 wet days
September84
16° / 6°
20 mm · 2.3 wet days
October67
17° / 7°
57 mm · 7.2 wet days
November50
16° / 8°
83 mm · 11.8 wet days
December39
16° / 8°
136 mm · 18 wet days