Climate averages 1991–2020
Huancayo weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Huancayo: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (164 km away). In April its highs average 24.2°C, 10.6°C warmer than Huancayo, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huancayo ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 20th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 24.7°C; Huancayo is 11.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs stay level at 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 53 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
Huancayo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 243 | 29.5 | 12.713 h |
| February | 13.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 222 | 30.0 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 13.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 113 | 24.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 13.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 53 | 15.7 | 11.612 h |
| June | 13.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 24 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 13.2°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 24 | 8.1 | 11.511 h |
| August | 13.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 44 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
| September | 13.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 90 | 23.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 14.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 147 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 14.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 153 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| December | 14.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 214 | 28.4 | 12.813 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
- Chosica in AprilPeru · 164 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in AprilPeru · 180 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in AprilPeru · 192 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Lima in AprilPeru · 198 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Callao in AprilPeru · 209 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Ica in AprilPeru · 230 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in AprilPeru · 263 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Abancay in AprilPeru · 306 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 87 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 Huancayo) is explained once on the Huancayo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.