Climate averages 1991–2020
Abancay weather
in January.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Abancay: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cusco (100 km away). In January its highs average 15.4°C, 4.4°C cooler than Abancay, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Abancay ranks 20th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 17th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Abancay is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 200 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abancay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 215 | 29.2 | 12.813 h |
| February | 19.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 200 | 27.1 | 12.513 h |
| March | 19.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 177 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 19.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 87 | 21.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 19.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 26 | 8.4 | 11.511 h |
| June | 19.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 12 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| July | 19.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 13 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| August | 20.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 22 | 6.4 | 11.712 h |
| September | 21.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 41 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 21.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 21.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 119 | 24.1 | 12.713 h |
| December | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 178 | 27.8 | 12.913 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Cusco in JanuaryPeru · 100 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Huancayo in JanuaryPeru · 306 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Ica in JanuaryPeru · 312 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in JanuaryPeru · 352 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Juliaca in JanuaryPeru · 361 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 193 mm rain
- Puno in JanuaryPeru · 394 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in JanuaryPeru · 416 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 369 mm rain
- Chosica in JanuaryPeru · 455 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 64 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abancay) is explained once on the Abancay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.