Climate averages 1991–2020
Puno weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Puno: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juliaca (40 km away). In October its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Puno, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Puno ranks joint 22nd of 24 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 23.6°C; Puno is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Juliaca in OctoberPeru · 40 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Viacha in OctoberBolivia · 205 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 53 mm rain
- La Paz in OctoberBolivia · 213 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Tacna in OctoberPeru · 243 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Arica in OctoberChile · 295 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Cusco in OctoberPeru · 331 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Puerto Maldonado in OctoberPeru · 372 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Oruro in OctoberBolivia · 391 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 35 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.