Arequipa
Elevation 2335 m16.40° S, 71.54° W
When to go?
Mean 15 °C, 15 rain days in the month (118 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 15 °C, 16 rain days in the month (142 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 15 °C, 14 rain days in the month (111 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 5 rain days in the month (38 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, 1 rain day in the month (4 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 13 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, it hardly ever rains (3 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 6 rain days in the month (37 mm).
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- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are March–December.
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +0.9 °C (cells at 2477 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.0 °C; in the last ten years by +1.3 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+2.0 °C), coldest: 1950 (−1.2 °C).
December and November warmed the most (+1.6 and +1.4 °C), March the least (+0.7 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.