Peru · 13.53°S 71.97°W · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Tropical preset (highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon)
No month in Cusco fits the Tropical preset (highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon): it is too cold. The table below shows which holiday types do fit.
The rainy season is December to March; January to March is a true monsoon, with 128–160 mm5.0–6.3 in a month and a peak in January (160 mm6.3 in). Afternoon highs change little through the year, 16–19 °C61–66 °F, and peak in October; nights are below freezing from June to August.
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -13.53, -71.97. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
No month fits a Tropical holiday here.
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Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Cusco's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Tropical verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1606.3 | 1661 | 439 | monsoon | too cold |
| February | 1445.7 | 1661 | 540 | monsoon | too cold |
| March | 1285.0 | 1661 | 439 | monsoon | too cold |
| April | 562.2 | 1762 | 337 | dry | too cold |
| May | 80.3 | 1763 | 032 | dry | too cold |
| June | 80.3 | 1762 | -228 | dry | too cold |
| July | 80.3 | 1661 | -327 | dry | too cold |
| August | 80.3 | 1763 | -129 | dry | too cold |
| September | 240.9 | 1864 | 134 | dry | too cold |
| October | 401.6 | 1965 | 236 | dry | too cold |
| November | 722.8 | 1965 | 337 | showers | too cold |
| December | 1204.7 | 1763 | 439 | rainy | too cold |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | October to November |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | April to September and December |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Yes. The rainy season is December to March; January to March is a true monsoon, with 128–160 mm5.0–6.3 in a month and a peak in January (160 mm6.3 in). Outside the rainy season, April to October is dry.
Afternoon highs change little through the year, 16–19 °C61–66 °F, and peak in October; nights are below freezing from June to August. Annual rainfall is about 776 mm31 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Tropical preset in the months when Cusco does not:
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