Climate averages 1991–2020
Cusco weather
in June.
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.
June is a mild month in Cusco: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 5.4°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 June a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abancay (100 km away). In June its highs average 19.1°C, 4.2°C warmer than Cusco, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Cusco ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest June highs and 17th of 24 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 24 cities is 22.8°C; Cusco is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs stay level at 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 11 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Abancay in JunePeru · 100 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Juliaca in JunePeru · 295 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low -2.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in JunePeru · 318 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Puno in JunePeru · 331 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Huancayo in JunePeru · 387 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Ica in JunePeru · 411 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in JunePeru · 451 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Viacha in JuneBolivia · 525 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 8.2 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.