Climate averages 1991–2020
Puno weather
in February.
A cool, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Puno: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 207 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 37 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juliaca (40 km away). In February its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Puno, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puno ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest February highs and 18th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Puno is 11.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 207 mm to 174 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Juliaca in FebruaryPeru · 40 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 182 mm rain
- Viacha in FebruaryBolivia · 205 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 124 mm rain
- La Paz in FebruaryBolivia · 213 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Tacna in FebruaryPeru · 243 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Arica in FebruaryChile · 295 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Cusco in FebruaryPeru · 331 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in FebruaryPeru · 372 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 361 mm rain
- Oruro in FebruaryBolivia · 391 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 117 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.