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The weather on April to October is very comfortable, warm and dry. The temperature in this season goes from 5.0° to 20° Celsius.

This rainy season starts on November and it lasts until May; at the beginnings of this season, the rain is light and as the season continues the rain becomes more intense during the months of January through March.

There isn't too much uniformity between summer and winter. Normally in winter is cold at night and during the first hours in the morning the temperature raises until the noon. At sunny days the temperature reaches 20°C.

We recommend to tourists, to take warm clothing and also rain wear to the rainy season.

Cusco, it's under the influence of macro-climate of huge air masses that come from the southeast jungle, as well as the Peruvian-Bolivian table winds are colder and drier, just like the winds that come from Patagonia, going into the southeast area and in general, makes climate events to huge scale. In the other hand, the local winds that are made in its valleys and in its plains, have the function of distributing heat and humidity along the day.

The average temperature fluctuates between 10.3°C and 13°C (between 50.54° and 52.34° Fahrenheit); but these temperatures fluctuate according the zone.

Weather Diversity in Cusco:

Humid Climates :

Pillcopata and Araza Valleys have an average temperature of approximately 30° at the highest, an average of 23° and 25° and an average of 20° at the lowest temperature.

Dry Climates:

In Apurimac River basin, the temperature has an average between 17° and 18°. It has a maximum temperature of 32° and a minimum temperature of 4.4°.

Warm Climates: (humid and dry climates)

The inter-Andean valleys (central area of the territory) has a varied climate because it has humid and dry weather that has a average temperature rank between 11° and 16° in seasons in which the maximum temperature increases to 29° and it may decrease to 7° and -4°.

Cold Climates: (Humid and dry climates)

The weather is also humid and dry in the highlands (12467 feet above the level sea). Here the temperatures reach an average according to the altitude. The highest temperatures reach 10° and the lowest below 0°. So we advise you to keep you warm and never underestimate the Cusquenian weather.