Climate averages 1991–2020
Huancayo weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Huancayo: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (164 km away). In October its highs average 23.8°C, 9.7°C warmer than Huancayo, with 8.6 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huancayo ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 20th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 23.6°C; Huancayo is 9.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 147 mm to 153 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Chosica in OctoberPeru · 164 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Chincha Alta in OctoberPeru · 180 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in OctoberPeru · 192 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Lima in OctoberPeru · 198 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Callao in OctoberPeru · 209 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Ica in OctoberPeru · 230 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Huánuco (approximate) in OctoberPeru · 263 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Abancay in OctoberPeru · 306 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 96 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.