Climate averages 1991–2020
Huánuco weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 711 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 4.6°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
August is a warm month in Huánuco: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (230 km away). In August its highs average 23.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Huánuco, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huánuco ranks 11th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 19th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 22.8°C; Huánuco is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Huánuco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 161 | 26.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 178 | 25.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 156 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 81 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 48 | 13.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 23 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 23 | 6.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 35 | 10.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 69 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 96 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| December | 23.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 138 | 25.1 | 12.713 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
- Chosica in AugustPeru · 230 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in AugustPeru · 249 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Lima in AugustPeru · 250 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Pucallpa in AugustPeru · 253 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Callao in AugustPeru · 255 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Huancayo in AugustPeru · 263 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Chimbote in AugustPeru · 275 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Trujillo in AugustPeru · 367 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.0 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 Huánuco) is explained once on the Huánuco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.