Climate averages 1991–2020
Puno weather
in January.
A cool, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Puno: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juliaca (40 km away). In January its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Puno, with 193 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puno ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest January highs and 18th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 25.1°C; Puno is 11.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 224 mm to 207 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Juliaca in JanuaryPeru · 40 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 193 mm rain
- Viacha in JanuaryBolivia · 205 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 143 mm rain
- La Paz in JanuaryBolivia · 213 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Tacna in JanuaryPeru · 243 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Arica in JanuaryChile · 295 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Cusco in JanuaryPeru · 331 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in JanuaryPeru · 372 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 369 mm rain
- Oruro in JanuaryBolivia · 391 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 143 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.