Climate averages 1991–2020
Cusco weather
in November.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Cusco: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abancay (100 km away). In November its highs average 21.1°C, 4.6°C warmer than Cusco, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Cusco ranks joint 21st of 24 for the warmest November highs and 18th of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 24.1°C; Cusco is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Abancay in NovemberPeru · 100 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 119 mm rain
- Juliaca in NovemberPeru · 295 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in NovemberPeru · 318 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 259 mm rain
- Puno in NovemberPeru · 331 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Huancayo in NovemberPeru · 387 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 153 mm rain
- Ica in NovemberPeru · 411 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in NovemberPeru · 451 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Viacha in NovemberBolivia · 525 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 3.4°C · 58 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.