Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Maldonado weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Puerto Maldonado: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 361 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cusco (318 km away). In February its highs average 15.4°C, 13.7°C cooler than Puerto Maldonado, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puerto Maldonado ranks joint 9th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 24th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Puerto Maldonado is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 361 mm to 300 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
Puerto Maldonado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 369 | 27.1 | 12.813 h |
| February, selected | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 361 | 24.7 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 300 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 168 | 19.1 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 88 | 13.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 52 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| July | 27.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 11.511 h |
| August | 30.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 119 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 223 | 21.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 259 | 22.2 | 12.713 h |
| December | 29.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 330 | 26.1 | 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
- Cusco in FebruaryPeru · 318 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Rio Branco in FebruaryBrazil · 328 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Juliaca in FebruaryPeru · 339 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 182 mm rain
- Puno in FebruaryPeru · 372 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Riberalta in FebruaryBolivia · 385 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 260 mm rain
- Abancay in FebruaryPeru · 416 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 200 mm rain
- La Paz in FebruaryBolivia · 449 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Viacha in FebruaryBolivia · 462 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 124 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 Puerto Maldonado) is explained once on the Puerto Maldonado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.