Climate averages 1991–2020
Puno weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Puno: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juliaca (40 km away). In April its highs average 13.7°C, about as warm as Puno, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puno ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 24.7°C; Puno is 10.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Puno climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 224 | 27.6 | 13.013 h |
| February | 14.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 207 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| March | 14.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 174 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 14.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 79 | 17.2 | 11.812 h |
| May | 14.6°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 20 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| June | 14.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 7.7 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| July | 14.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 8.7 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| August | 15.3°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 20 | 5.2 | 11.612 h |
| September | 15.8°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 16.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 81 | 15.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 16.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 85 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| December | 15.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 156 | 23.5 | 13.013 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
April in nearby cities
- Juliaca in AprilPeru · 40 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Viacha in AprilBolivia · 205 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 46 mm rain
- La Paz in AprilBolivia · 213 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Tacna in AprilPeru · 243 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Arica in AprilChile · 295 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Cusco in AprilPeru · 331 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in AprilPeru · 372 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 168 mm rain
- Oruro in AprilBolivia · 391 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 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 Puno) is explained once on the Puno year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.