Weather Score #

Best time to visit:Lima Arequipa Trujillo Chiclayo Machu Picchu Piura Cusco Callao Huancayo Iquitos

Arequipa

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Best months

September 53%August 51%July 50%

Months to avoid

February 16%March 17%January 18%

Callao

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Best months

March 50%April 49%February 47%

Months to avoid

June 40%September 40%July 41%

Chiclayo

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Best months

February 61%March 60%January 58%

Months to avoid

October 47%July 49%August 49%

Cusco

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Best months

July 22%June 19%August 19%

Months to avoid

February 10%January 11%March 11%

Huancayo

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Best months

July 33%June 30%August 24%

Months to avoid

February 10%March 10%January 11%

Iquitos

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Best months

September 64%August 59%October 57%

Months to avoid

April 43%May 43%June 44%

Lima

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Best months

March 49%April 49%May 47%

Months to avoid

January 42%September 42%June 43%

Machu Picchu

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Best months

July 27%June 23%August 17%

Months to avoid

January 9%February 9%March 10%

Piura

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Best months

September 78%August 76%July 74%

Months to avoid

February 63%March 65%April 66%

Trujillo

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Best months

February 49%May 49%June 47%

Months to avoid

April 44%October 44%January 46%

Heat Seeker Score

Heat Seeker Score is a composite score designed for those who crave hot, sunny weather with minimal rainfall. It prioritizes high temperatures and abundant sunshine.

Use the detailed page for charts, component scores, and weather inputs behind every monthly ranking.

Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Temperatures #

Iquitos and Piura exhibit the warmest temperatures, frequently exceeding the comfort zone and entering discomfort territory due to high heat
Machu Picchu and Huancayo have cooler temperatures, often dropping into the discomfort zone due to cold, especially during the months of June and July
Coastal cities like Lima, Callao, Trujillo and Chiclayo maintain more stable and comfortable temperatures throughout the year
Arequipa and Cusco have moderate temperatures, with cooler nights.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Lima	Arequipa	Trujillo	Chiclayo	Machu Picchu	Piura	Cusco	Callao	Huancayo	Iquitos
Jan	76.5°F	64.8°F	75.7°F	81.7°F	55.0°F	89.6°F	58.5°F	75.9°F	56.1°F	86.7°F
Feb	78.6°F	63.9°F	78.3°F	84.7°F	55.4°F	90.9°F	58.3°F	78.1°F	56.5°F	86.5°F
Mar	78.3°F	64.0°F	78.1°F	84.4°F	56.1°F	90.7°F	58.1°F	77.7°F	55.6°F	86.4°F
Apr	75.2°F	66.4°F	75.0°F	80.8°F	56.7°F	89.4°F	59.4°F	74.7°F	57.6°F	85.5°F
May	71.6°F	68.0°F	72.3°F	77.5°F	56.1°F	87.3°F	59.4°F	71.1°F	58.3°F	85.1°F
Jun	68.9°F	67.6°F	70.0°F	74.7°F	55.0°F	84.9°F	59.2°F	68.5°F	57.4°F	85.3°F
Jul	67.6°F	68.7°F	68.9°F	73.0°F	55.2°F	84.2°F	60.3°F	67.1°F	57.6°F	86.7°F
Aug	67.3°F	68.9°F	68.5°F	72.5°F	56.1°F	84.2°F	61.3°F	66.6°F	57.9°F	90.3°F
Sep	67.6°F	70.9°F	69.3°F	73.0°F	57.4°F	85.5°F	61.7°F	66.7°F	57.4°F	93.4°F
Oct	69.4°F	70.7°F	70.0°F	73.9°F	57.9°F	85.6°F	62.4°F	68.4°F	58.3°F	91.2°F
Nov	70.9°F	69.8°F	71.1°F	75.2°F	57.4°F	85.6°F	62.2°F	70.0°F	58.1°F	89.1°F
Dec	73.4°F	68.2°F	73.6°F	78.1°F	56.7°F	87.3°F	60.3°F	72.9°F	57.0°F	86.9°F
Average	67.7°F	71.5°F	77.5°F	60.1°F	57.3°F	87.8°F	72.1°F	56.3°F	87.1°F	72.6°F

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Lima	Arequipa	Trujillo	Chiclayo	Machu Picchu	Piura	Cusco	Callao	Huancayo	Iquitos
Jan	67.8°F	52.5°F	66.7°F	70.7°F	40.5°F	73.0°F	44.1°F	70.0°F	42.8°F	71.8°F
Feb	70.2°F	52.9°F	69.8°F	74.1°F	40.8°F	76.3°F	44.1°F	71.8°F	43.3°F	72.1°F
Mar	69.8°F	52.3°F	70.2°F	73.9°F	40.6°F	76.5°F	43.3°F	71.1°F	43.3°F	72.1°F
Apr	66.7°F	51.6°F	67.1°F	70.5°F	40.8°F	73.8°F	42.4°F	67.5°F	42.6°F	72.0°F
May	62.8°F	49.6°F	63.7°F	66.9°F	39.6°F	70.3°F	40.8°F	63.3°F	41.7°F	71.8°F
Jun	59.7°F	47.1°F	61.3°F	64.4°F	37.8°F	66.4°F	39.6°F	60.6°F	39.7°F	70.5°F
Jul	58.1°F	46.8°F	59.5°F	62.8°F	37.6°F	63.9°F	39.6°F	59.5°F	38.3°F	70.2°F
Aug	57.7°F	46.6°F	58.6°F	61.7°F	38.8°F	62.6°F	41.5°F	59.9°F	39.9°F	71.1°F
Sep	58.3°F	48.0°F	59.0°F	61.7°F	40.8°F	63.0°F	44.6°F	60.6°F	41.7°F	72.3°F
Oct	59.9°F	48.9°F	60.1°F	62.8°F	42.1°F	64.4°F	46.0°F	61.9°F	43.0°F	72.5°F
Nov	61.3°F	49.8°F	60.6°F	64.0°F	42.8°F	65.3°F	46.2°F	63.7°F	43.2°F	72.5°F
Dec	64.2°F	51.3°F	63.7°F	67.5°F	41.9°F	69.1°F	45.1°F	66.7°F	42.8°F	72.1°F
Average	49.8°F	64.7°F	66.8°F	43.1°F	41.9°F	71.8°F	63.0°F	40.3°F	68.7°F	63.4°F

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions #

Arequipa and Piura stand out with the highest sun hours, frequently exceeding 10 hours per day during the middle of the year, and minimal precipitation
In contrast, Iquitos, Cusco, Huancayo and Machu Picchu have significantly lower sun hours, often below 2 hours per day during the first few months of the year, and noticeably higher precipitation levels
Coastal cities like Trujillo, Chiclayo, Lima, Callao mostly experience moderate sun hours with very little rainfall.

Sunny Weather

Period	Lima	Arequipa	Trujillo	Chiclayo	Machu Picchu	Piura	Cusco	Callao	Huancayo	Iquitos
Jan	3.4 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	0.7 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	0.8 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	1.1 hours/day	1.2 hours/day
Feb	4.3 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	0.5 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	0.4 hours/day	5.2 hours/day	0.8 hours/day	0.7 hours/day
Mar	5.7 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	5.3 hours/day	6.0 hours/day	0.9 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	0.9 hours/day	6.5 hours/day	0.9 hours/day	0.7 hours/day
Apr	6.3 hours/day	9.0 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	1.5 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	1.7 hours/day	6.7 hours/day	2.6 hours/day	0.4 hours/day
May	7.1 hours/day	10.5 hours/day	8.0 hours/day	7.1 hours/day	3.1 hours/day	6.9 hours/day	2.9 hours/day	6.6 hours/day	4.1 hours/day	0.5 hours/day
Jun	7.3 hours/day	10.7 hours/day	8.7 hours/day	6.8 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	8.1 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	6.6 hours/day	6.2 hours/day	0.9 hours/day
Jul	8.5 hours/day	10.7 hours/day	9.4 hours/day	7.2 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	9.6 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	7.5 hours/day	6.9 hours/day	2.0 hours/day
Aug	9.3 hours/day	11.1 hours/day	9.8 hours/day	7.8 hours/day	4.2 hours/day	10.3 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	8.4 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	3.6 hours/day
Sep	8.5 hours/day	11.0 hours/day	9.0 hours/day	7.6 hours/day	2.7 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	7.6 hours/day	3.5 hours/day	3.4 hours/day
Oct	8.4 hours/day	10.8 hours/day	8.2 hours/day	6.6 hours/day	1.6 hours/day	8.0 hours/day	2.6 hours/day	7.9 hours/day	2.9 hours/day	2.2 hours/day
Nov	7.9 hours/day	10.8 hours/day	8.4 hours/day	7.2 hours/day	1.1 hours/day	7.8 hours/day	1.7 hours/day	7.6 hours/day	3.0 hours/day	1.5 hours/day
Dec	4.8 hours/day	9.6 hours/day	7.0 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	0.9 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	1.3 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	2.3 hours/day	1.0 hours/day
Average	8.7 hours/day	6.7 hours/day	6.6 hours/day	2.5 hours/day	3.3 hours/day	1.5 hours/day	6.8 hours/day	2.3 hours/day	6.7 hours/day	7.5 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Lima	Arequipa	Trujillo	Chiclayo	Machu Picchu	Piura	Cusco	Callao	Huancayo	Iquitos
Jan	0.0in	0.1in	0.0in	0.0in	0.3in	0.0in	0.4in	0.0in	0.3in	0.3in
Feb	0.0in	0.2in	0.0in	0.0in	0.4in	0.1in	0.4in	0.0in	0.3in	0.4in
Mar	0.0in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.3in	0.2in	0.4in	0.0in	0.3in	0.5in
Apr	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.2in	0.1in	0.3in	0.0in	0.1in	0.5in
May	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.1in	0.0in	0.2in	0.0in	0.1in	0.4in
Jun	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.2in	0.0in	0.0in	0.3in
Jul	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.1in	0.0in	0.0in	0.2in
Aug	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.1in	0.0in	0.2in	0.0in	0.1in	0.1in
Sep	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.1in	0.0in	0.2in	0.0in	0.1in	0.2in
Oct	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.2in	0.0in	0.2in	0.0in	0.2in	0.2in
Nov	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.3in	0.0in	0.3in	0.0in	0.2in	0.3in
Dec	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.3in	0.0in	0.4in	0.0in	0.3in	0.3in
Average	0.0in	0.0in	0.0in	0.3in	0.2in	0.3in	0.0in	0.2in	0.0in	0.0in

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Lima	Arequipa	Trujillo	Chiclayo	Machu Picchu	Piura	Cusco	Callao	Huancayo	Iquitos
Jan	9.9mph	10.4mph	9.8mph	14.4mph	6.7mph	16.3mph	6.8mph	10.1mph	6.6mph	4.0mph
Feb	9.9mph	9.6mph	9.5mph	13.9mph	6.4mph	14.8mph	6.7mph	9.9mph	6.4mph	3.8mph
Mar	9.5mph	9.5mph	9.3mph	13.3mph	6.4mph	14.2mph	6.6mph	9.9mph	6.4mph	3.7mph
Apr	9.3mph	9.9mph	9.6mph	13.8mph	6.6mph	14.7mph	6.6mph	9.8mph	6.3mph	3.6mph
May	9.2mph	9.3mph	9.8mph	14.1mph	6.8mph	15.3mph	6.4mph	9.6mph	6.3mph	3.4mph
Jun	9.1mph	9.0mph	9.7mph	13.9mph	7.1mph	14.9mph	6.6mph	9.8mph	6.6mph	3.3mph
Jul	9.3mph	9.6mph	9.8mph	14.2mph	7.7mph	14.9mph	7.4mph	9.9mph	7.2mph	3.5mph
Aug	9.6mph	10.8mph	10.0mph	14.6mph	8.1mph	15.3mph	8.4mph	10.3mph	8.1mph	3.8mph
Sep	9.7mph	11.9mph	10.3mph	14.9mph	7.9mph	16.5mph	9.1mph	10.1mph	8.3mph	4.1mph
Oct	9.7mph	12.4mph	10.0mph	14.6mph	7.8mph	16.4mph	8.8mph	10.1mph	8.0mph	4.3mph
Nov	9.8mph	12.5mph	9.8mph	14.2mph	7.4mph	16.3mph	8.1mph	10.0mph	7.6mph	4.2mph
Dec	9.9mph	12.3mph	9.8mph	14.3mph	6.8mph	16.5mph	7.3mph	10.0mph	7.1mph	4.1mph
Average	10.6mph	10.0mph	14.2mph	7.4mph	7.1mph	3.8mph	9.6mph	7.1mph	15.5mph	9.8mph

Humidity

Period	Lima	Arequipa	Trujillo	Chiclayo	Machu Picchu	Piura	Cusco	Callao	Huancayo	Iquitos
Jan	76.3%	72.7%	80.4%	73.0%	86.0%	60.2%	74.1%	80.2%	75.6%	84.6%
Feb	73.8%	77.6%	77.8%	70.5%	86.7%	59.8%	76.4%	78.2%	77.2%	85.5%
Mar	74.2%	75.7%	78.4%	71.5%	86.2%	59.5%	77.4%	78.4%	78.9%	87.2%
Apr	77.0%	60.1%	80.3%	74.6%	83.3%	60.3%	73.9%	80.4%	75.2%	88.3%
May	78.5%	42.1%	81.3%	77.6%	79.4%	61.6%	70.4%	81.1%	70.5%	88.3%
Jun	78.2%	34.7%	81.2%	78.6%	76.5%	64.2%	66.2%	79.9%	67.8%	85.9%
Jul	77.4%	29.5%	80.9%	79.1%	73.2%	65.6%	62.3%	79.0%	65.0%	79.8%
Aug	76.0%	28.4%	80.6%	78.6%	73.0%	65.3%	59.2%	78.1%	62.3%	73.5%
Sep	76.2%	32.4%	80.9%	77.9%	75.0%	64.8%	58.7%	78.7%	64.4%	72.1%
Oct	76.1%	38.0%	81.1%	77.5%	78.3%	63.9%	59.4%	79.3%	65.4%	76.9%
Nov	76.1%	44.7%	81.3%	77.0%	81.8%	63.8%	64.1%	79.4%	68.0%	81.1%
Dec	77.2%	56.1%	81.7%	76.0%	83.6%	63.1%	69.3%	80.5%	71.2%	85.3%
Average	49.3%	79.4%	76.0%	67.6%	70.1%	82.4%	76.4%	80.3%	62.7%	80.5%

Daylight Hours #

Overall, sunrise is earliest in November and latest in July across all cities, while sunset is earliest around May/June and latest around January/February. The shortest day occurs in June and the longest in December.
Arequipa has the earliest sunrise and longest day, while Piura has the latest sunrise. Iquitos has the shortest day length range, indicating less seasonal variation compared to other cities, while Arequipa has the largest range of day length. The time of sunrise and sunset and day length mostly depends on how far from Equator the city is.

Sunrise Time

Period	Lima	Arequipa	Trujillo	Chiclayo	Machu Picchu	Piura	Cusco	Callao	Huancayo	Iquitos
Jan	5:55	5:26	6:10	6:14	5:36	6:20	5:33	5:56	5:48	5:53
Feb	6:08	5:42	6:19	6:23	5:49	6:28	5:46	6:08	6:00	6:00
Mar	6:11	5:49	6:20	6:23	5:54	6:27	5:52	6:12	6:05	5:58
Apr	6:13	5:55	6:18	6:20	5:56	6:23	5:55	6:14	6:06	5:53
May	6:18	6:02	6:20	6:22	6:02	6:23	6:00	6:19	6:11	5:52
Jun	6:26	6:12	6:27	6:28	6:10	6:28	6:08	6:26	6:19	5:56
Jul	6:29	6:14	6:31	6:32	6:13	6:32	6:11	6:29	6:22	6:01
Aug	6:20	6:02	6:24	6:26	6:04	6:28	6:02	6:20	6:13	5:57
Sep	6:02	5:41	6:09	6:12	5:44	6:15	5:43	6:02	5:55	5:46
Oct	5:43	5:18	5:53	5:58	5:25	6:02	5:22	5:44	5:36	5:34
Nov	5:34	5:05	5:47	5:52	5:14	5:58	5:11	5:34	5:26	5:30
Dec	5:40	5:10	5:55	6:00	5:20	6:06	5:17	5:40	5:32	5:39
Average	5:42	6:06	6:18	5:42	6:00	5:48	6:06	5:48	6:18	6:12

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Lima	Arequipa	Trujillo	Chiclayo	Machu Picchu	Piura	Cusco	Callao	Huancayo	Iquitos
Jan	18:40	18:25	18:41	18:43	18:23	18:43	18:22	18:40	18:32	18:11
Feb	18:36	18:18	18:40	18:43	18:19	18:44	18:17	18:37	18:29	18:13
Mar	18:21	17:59	18:28	18:31	18:03	18:35	18:01	18:22	18:14	18:05
Apr	18:03	17:38	18:14	18:18	17:44	18:22	17:42	18:03	17:56	17:54
May	17:52	17:23	18:05	18:10	17:32	18:16	17:29	17:52	17:44	17:49
Jun	17:52	17:22	18:07	18:12	17:32	18:18	17:29	17:52	17:45	17:51
Jul	17:59	17:30	18:13	18:18	17:40	18:23	17:37	17:59	17:52	17:57
Aug	18:04	17:38	18:16	18:20	17:45	18:25	17:43	18:04	17:56	17:57
Sep	18:04	17:42	18:13	18:16	17:46	18:20	17:44	18:05	17:57	17:50
Oct	18:05	17:47	18:10	18:13	17:49	18:15	17:46	18:05	17:58	17:45
Nov	18:13	17:58	18:16	18:17	17:57	18:18	17:56	18:14	18:06	17:47
Dec	18:29	18:14	18:29	18:31	18:13	18:31	18:11	18:29	18:22	17:59
Average	17:48	18:12	18:24	17:54	18:06	17:54	18:12	17:54	18:24	18:18

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Lima	Arequipa	Trujillo	Chiclayo	Machu Picchu	Piura	Cusco	Callao	Huancayo	Iquitos
Jan	11:40 hours	11:25 hours	11:41 hours	11:43 hours	11:23 hours	11:43 hours	11:22 hours	11:40 hours	11:32 hours	11:11 hours
Feb	11:36 hours	11:18 hours	11:40 hours	11:43 hours	11:19 hours	11:44 hours	11:17 hours	11:37 hours	11:29 hours	11:13 hours
Mar	11:21 hours	10:59 hours	11:28 hours	11:31 hours	11:03 hours	11:35 hours	11:01 hours	11:22 hours	11:14 hours	11:05 hours
Apr	11:03 hours	10:38 hours	11:14 hours	11:18 hours	10:44 hours	11:22 hours	10:42 hours	11:03 hours	10:56 hours	10:54 hours
May	10:52 hours	10:23 hours	11:05 hours	11:10 hours	10:32 hours	11:16 hours	10:29 hours	10:52 hours	10:44 hours	10:49 hours
Jun	10:52 hours	10:22 hours	11:07 hours	11:12 hours	10:32 hours	11:18 hours	10:29 hours	10:52 hours	10:45 hours	10:51 hours
Jul	10:59 hours	10:30 hours	11:13 hours	11:18 hours	10:40 hours	11:23 hours	10:37 hours	10:59 hours	10:52 hours	10:57 hours
Aug	11:04 hours	10:38 hours	11:16 hours	11:20 hours	10:45 hours	11:25 hours	10:43 hours	11:04 hours	10:56 hours	10:57 hours
Sep	11:04 hours	10:42 hours	11:13 hours	11:16 hours	10:46 hours	11:20 hours	10:44 hours	11:05 hours	10:57 hours	10:50 hours
Oct	11:05 hours	10:47 hours	11:10 hours	11:13 hours	10:49 hours	11:15 hours	10:46 hours	11:05 hours	10:58 hours	10:45 hours
Nov	11:13 hours	10:58 hours	11:16 hours	11:17 hours	10:57 hours	11:18 hours	10:56 hours	11:14 hours	11:06 hours	10:47 hours
Dec	11:29 hours	11:14 hours	11:29 hours	11:31 hours	11:13 hours	11:31 hours	11:11 hours	11:29 hours	11:22 hours	10:59 hours
Average	10:48 hours	11:12 hours	11:24 hours	10:54 hours	11:06 hours	10:54 hours	11:12 hours	10:54 hours	11:24 hours	11:18 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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