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Best Time to Visit Cusco

Peru · -13.53, -71.97 · America/Lima

The reference point is the city. The Sacred Valley is lower and usually warmer.

Data source and period: -13.53, -71.97 · 3739.76 m

September

78/100

Weather score

August

76/100

Weather score

July

75/100

Weather score

Weather score

Temperature

Rainfall

Rainy days

January

Temperature
8.7°C
High / Low
14.5° / 4.1°
Rainfall
98.5 mm
Rainy days
20.0
Humidity
82%
Wind
8.8 km/h
Weather score
51/100

Highest style score: Nature 64/100

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February

Temperature
8.7°C
High / Low
14.3° / 4.1°
Rainfall
186.6 mm
Rainy days
21.5
Humidity
84%
Wind
8.5 km/h
Weather score
43/100

Highest style score: Nature 57/100

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March

Temperature
8.6°C
High / Low
14.3° / 4.1°
Rainfall
100.1 mm
Rainy days
18.6
Humidity
85%
Wind
8.3 km/h
Weather score
51/100

Highest style score: Nature 64/100

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April

Temperature
8.8°C
High / Low
14.4° / 4.5°
Rainfall
42.8 mm
Rainy days
7.4
Humidity
84%
Wind
7.6 km/h
Weather score
66/100

Highest style score: Nature 81/100

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May

Temperature
8.3°C
High / Low
14.5° / 3.8°
Rainfall
9.0 mm
Rainy days
2.1
Humidity
81%
Wind
7.6 km/h
Weather score
72/100

Highest style score: Nature 87/100

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June

Temperature
7.8°C
High / Low
14.6° / 2.9°
Rainfall
22.0 mm
Rainy days
2.6
Humidity
78%
Wind
8.2 km/h
Weather score
72/100

Highest style score: Nature 86/100

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July

Temperature
7.9°C
High / Low
15.3° / 2.8°
Rainfall
6.9 mm
Rainy days
1.4
Humidity
74%
Wind
8.9 km/h
Weather score
75/100

Highest style score: Nature 88/100

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August

Temperature
8.3°C
High / Low
15.8° / 3.2°
Rainfall
6.2 mm
Rainy days
1.2
Humidity
73%
Wind
9.5 km/h
Weather score
76/100

Highest style score: Nature 89/100

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September

Temperature
9.1°C
High / Low
16.1° / 4.2°
Rainfall
13.0 mm
Rainy days
3.0
Humidity
73%
Wind
10.3 km/h
Weather score
78/100

Highest style score: Nature 90/100

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October

Temperature
9.5°C
High / Low
16.3° / 4.4°
Rainfall
55.4 mm
Rainy days
10.6
Humidity
74%
Wind
10.1 km/h
Weather score
69/100

Highest style score: Nature 80/100

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November

Temperature
9.4°C
High / Low
15.9° / 4.3°
Rainfall
92.7 mm
Rainy days
12.8
Humidity
76%
Wind
9.1 km/h
Weather score
64/100

Highest style score: Nature 75/100

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December

Temperature
8.9°C
High / Low
14.7° / 4.2°
Rainfall
128.9 mm
Rainy days
18.8
Humidity
81%
Wind
8.5 km/h
Weather score
52/100

Highest style score: Nature 64/100

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Monthly climate

Cusco
MonthTemperatureHighLowRainfallRainy daysHumidityWindWeather score
January8.7°C14.5°C4.1°C98.5 mm20.082%8.8 km/h51
February8.7°C14.3°C4.1°C186.6 mm21.584%8.5 km/h43
March8.6°C14.3°C4.1°C100.1 mm18.685%8.3 km/h51
April8.8°C14.4°C4.5°C42.8 mm7.484%7.6 km/h66
May8.3°C14.5°C3.8°C9.0 mm2.181%7.6 km/h72
June7.8°C14.6°C2.9°C22.0 mm2.678%8.2 km/h72
July7.9°C15.3°C2.8°C6.9 mm1.474%8.9 km/h75
August8.3°C15.8°C3.2°C6.2 mm1.273%9.5 km/h76
September9.1°C16.1°C4.2°C13.0 mm3.073%10.3 km/h78
October9.5°C16.3°C4.4°C55.4 mm10.674%10.1 km/h69
November9.4°C15.9°C4.3°C92.7 mm12.876%9.1 km/h64
December8.9°C14.7°C4.2°C128.9 mm18.881%8.5 km/h52

Travel style

Beach

This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.

July, August, September

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September, August, July

Nature

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September, August, July

February, March, December / May, July, August. This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.

Similar weather patterns in the same region

Packing notes from the climate statistics

  • Low Temperature: September, August, July

This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.

Data source and period

Climate statistics are calculated by WhenToTravel from the NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project Daily API (MERRA-2 meteorology). NASA does not endorse this site.

2016-01-01 – 2025-12-31 · MERRA-2 · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-20T10:20:43.669Z

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Highest-scoring months
September, August, July
How the weather score works
This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.
Data source and period
Climate statistics are calculated by WhenToTravel from the NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project Daily API (MERRA-2 meteorology). NASA does not endorse this site. 2016-01-01 – 2025-12-31.