Climate averages 1991–2020
Cusco weather
in February.
A mild, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Cusco: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abancay (100 km away). In February its highs average 19.7°C, 4.3°C warmer than Cusco, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Cusco ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest February highs and 19th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Cusco is 10.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 169 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Abancay in FebruaryPeru · 100 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 200 mm rain
- Juliaca in FebruaryPeru · 295 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 182 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in FebruaryPeru · 318 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 361 mm rain
- Puno in FebruaryPeru · 331 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Huancayo in FebruaryPeru · 387 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 250 mm rain
- Ica in FebruaryPeru · 411 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in FebruaryPeru · 451 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Viacha in FebruaryBolivia · 525 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 124 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.