Climate averages 1991–2020
Cusco weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Cusco: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abancay (100 km away). In April its highs average 19.5°C, 4.2°C warmer than Cusco, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Cusco ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest April highs and 15th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 24.7°C; Cusco is 9.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Cusco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 229 | 28.8 | 12.813 h |
| February | 15.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 215 | 26.3 | 12.513 h |
| March | 15.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 169 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 15.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 76 | 18.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 15.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 24 | 8.1 | 11.511 h |
| June | 15.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 11 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| July | 15.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| August | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 22 | 6.5 | 11.712 h |
| September | 16.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 37 | 13.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 16.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 84 | 20.3 | 12.412 h |
| November | 16.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 116 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| December | 15.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 196 | 27.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Abancay in AprilPeru · 100 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Juliaca in AprilPeru · 295 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in AprilPeru · 318 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 168 mm rain
- Puno in AprilPeru · 331 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Huancayo in AprilPeru · 387 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Ica in AprilPeru · 411 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in AprilPeru · 451 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Viacha in AprilBolivia · 525 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 46 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 Cusco) is explained once on the Cusco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.