Climate averages 1991–2020
Huánuco weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
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.
October is a warm month in Huánuco: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chosica (230 km away). In October its highs average 23.8°C, about as warm as Huánuco, with 8.6 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Huánuco ranks 10th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 23.6°C; Huánuco is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs stay level at 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 96 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Chosica in OctoberPeru · 230 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Santa Anita - Los Ficus in OctoberPeru · 249 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Lima in OctoberPeru · 250 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Pucallpa in OctoberPeru · 253 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 226 mm rain
- Callao in OctoberPeru · 255 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Huancayo in OctoberPeru · 263 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Chimbote in OctoberPeru · 275 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Trujillo in OctoberPeru · 367 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 3.9 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.