Climate averages 1991–2020

Huancayo weather
in August.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 13.7°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 3.3°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall 44 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a cool month in Huancayo: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (164 km away). In August its highs average 23.9°C, 10.2°C warmer than Huancayo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huancayo ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 22.8°C; Huancayo is 9.1°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs stay level at 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 90 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Huancayo, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

August in nearby cities

Distance from Huancayo

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 limits

How 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.