Climate averages 1991–2020
Cusco weather
in July.
A mild, very dry month: one of the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Cusco: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abancay (100 km away). In July its highs average 19.4°C, 4.4°C warmer than Cusco, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Cusco ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest July highs and 17th of 24 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 24 cities is 22.4°C; Cusco is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Abancay in JulyPeru · 100 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Juliaca in JulyPeru · 295 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in JulyPeru · 318 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Puno in JulyPeru · 331 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Huancayo in JulyPeru · 387 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Ica in JulyPeru · 411 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in JulyPeru · 451 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Viacha in JulyBolivia · 525 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 10 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.