Climate averages 1991–2020
Huancayo weather
in January.
A cool, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Huancayo: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (164 km away). In January its highs average 24.2°C, 10.3°C warmer than Huancayo, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huancayo ranks joint 23rd of 24 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Huancayo is 11.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 243 mm to 250 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Chosica in JanuaryPeru · 164 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in JanuaryPeru · 180 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in JanuaryPeru · 192 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Lima in JanuaryPeru · 198 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Callao in JanuaryPeru · 209 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Ica in JanuaryPeru · 230 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in JanuaryPeru · 263 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Abancay in JanuaryPeru · 306 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 215 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.