Huancayo climate

Name: Huancayo
Address: PE

Huancayo is warmest in November, with average highs of 17 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 4.9 °C. February is the wettest month (239 mm) and July the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Huancayo averages 1,509 mm of rain and 0 days below freezing.

Peru · population 456,250 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month November 17 °C
Coldest month July 4.9 °C
Driest month July 23 mm
Wettest month February 239 mm
Least cloud July 52 % cloud
Hottest on record November 23 °C
Coldest on record August -0.9 °C

What to expectHuancayo through the year

Huancayo changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 16 and 17 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 23 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 239 mm against 23 mm in July — 11 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.2 °C	236 mm	92 %
February	16.0 °C	239 mm	95 %
March	16.0 °C	214 mm	93 %
April	16.0 °C	108 mm	84 %
May	15.9 °C	49 mm	66 %
June	15.7 °C	23 mm	57 %
July	15.7 °C	23 mm	52 %
August	16.3 °C	41 mm	57 %
September	16.3 °C	85 mm	71 %
October	16.6 °C	141 mm	83 %
November	17.1 °C	144 mm	87 %
December	16.6 °C	206 mm	91 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low
January	16.2 °C	8.4 °C	11.7 °C	20.8 °C	2.7 °C
February	16.0 °C	8.6 °C	11.6 °C	20.7 °C	3.0 °C
March	16.0 °C	8.6 °C	11.6 °C	19.6 °C	3.1 °C
April	16.0 °C	7.8 °C	11.3 °C	20.1 °C	1.8 °C
May	15.9 °C	6.7 °C	10.9 °C	19.7 °C	-0.3 °C
June	15.7 °C	5.4 °C	10.1 °C	19.6 °C	-0.7 °C
July	15.7 °C	4.9 °C	9.8 °C	21.7 °C	-0.6 °C
August	16.3 °C	5.6 °C	10.3 °C	22.0 °C	-0.9 °C
September	16.3 °C	6.6 °C	10.8 °C	22.6 °C	0.9 °C
October	16.6 °C	7.4 °C	11.4 °C	21.9 °C	0.2 °C
November	17.1 °C	7.7 °C	11.9 °C	22.7 °C	2.4 °C
December	16.6 °C	8.3 °C	11.9 °C	21.8 °C	2.5 °C

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	236 mm	29	13 h/day	92 %	81 %	7.2 km/h
February	239 mm	27	12 h/day	95 %	83 %	7.2 km/h
March	214 mm	30	12 h/day	93 %	83 %	7.0 km/h
April	108 mm	23	12 h/day	84 %	80 %	6.9 km/h
May	49 mm	14	12 h/day	66 %	76 %	6.8 km/h
June	23 mm	6	11 h/day	57 %	72 %	7.5 km/h
July	23 mm	7	11 h/day	52 %	70 %	8.2 km/h
August	41 mm	12	12 h/day	57 %	70 %	8.5 km/h
September	85 mm	22	12 h/day	71 %	75 %	8.0 km/h
October	141 mm	27	12 h/day	83 %	78 %	7.6 km/h
November	144 mm	25	13 h/day	87 %	77 %	7.5 km/h
December	206 mm	28	13 h/day	91 %	79 %	7.3 km/h

How Huancayo compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Huancayo	17 °C	4.9 °C	1,509 mm	0
Chincha Alta · Peru	26 °C	16 °C	55 mm	127
Santa Anita - Los Ficus · Peru	25 °C	14 °C	85 mm	25
Lima · Peru	26 °C	15 °C	85 mm	91
Callao · Peru	26 °C	15 °C	85 mm	89
Ica · Peru	30 °C	15 °C	78 mm	316
Huánuco · Peru	23 °C	13 °C	964 mm	15

Where Huancayo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in April	6thof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in December	6thof 50	17 °C
The coolest places in South America in March	6thof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in February	7thof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in January	7thof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America year-round	7thof 50	16 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Huancayo.

QuestionsCommon questions about Huancayo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Huancayo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, November is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Huancayo get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 17 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 23 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.9 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Huancayo?

February, averaging 239 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is July with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,509 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Huancayo rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.