Climate averages 1991–2020
Puno weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Puno: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juliaca (40 km away). In August its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Puno, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puno ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 22.8°C; Puno is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 51 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Juliaca in AugustPeru · 40 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Viacha in AugustBolivia · 205 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 16 mm rain
- La Paz in AugustBolivia · 213 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Tacna in AugustPeru · 243 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Arica in AugustChile · 295 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 12.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Cusco in AugustPeru · 331 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in AugustPeru · 372 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Oruro in AugustBolivia · 391 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 12 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.