Climate averages 1991–2020
Puno weather
in July.
A cool, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Puno: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.7 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juliaca (40 km away). In July its highs average 14.5°C, about as warm as Puno, with 7.0 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puno ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest July highs and 16th of 24 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 24 cities is 22.4°C; Puno is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.7 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Juliaca in JulyPeru · 40 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Viacha in JulyBolivia · 205 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 10 mm rain
- La Paz in JulyBolivia · 213 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Tacna in JulyPeru · 243 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Arica in JulyChile · 295 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Cusco in JulyPeru · 331 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in JulyPeru · 372 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Oruro in JulyBolivia · 391 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 8.1 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.