Climate averages 1991–2020
Huancayo weather
in February.
A cool, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Huancayo: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 250 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes February a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (164 km away). In February its highs average 24.1°C, 10.5°C warmer than Huancayo, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huancayo ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 22nd of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Huancayo is 11.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 250 mm to 222 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Chosica in FebruaryPeru · 164 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in FebruaryPeru · 180 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in FebruaryPeru · 192 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Lima in FebruaryPeru · 198 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Callao in FebruaryPeru · 209 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Ica in FebruaryPeru · 230 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in FebruaryPeru · 263 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Abancay in FebruaryPeru · 306 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 200 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.