Cusco
Elevation 3399 m13.52° S, 71.98° W
When to go?
Mean 13 °C, 29 rain days in the month (144 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 13 °C, 26 rain days in the month (149 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 13 °C, 24 rain days in the month (116 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 13 °C, 14 rain days in the month (43 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 5 rain days in the month (18 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 11 °C, 2 rain days in the month (9 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 11 °C, 2 rain days in the month (10 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 11 °C, 4 rain days in the month (15 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 13 °C, 8 rain days in the month (24 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 13 °C, 16 rain days in the month (47 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 14 °C, 20 rain days in the month (62 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 13 °C, 25 rain days in the month (107 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
The best months are April–September. Avoid December–March (often rainy).
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: +2.5 °C (cells at 3790 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 +0.8 °C; in the last ten years by +1.3 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+2.2 °C), coldest: 1967 (−0.6 °C).
June and July warmed the most (+1.1 and +1.0 °C), April the least (+0.6 °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: −2 % every ten years.