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Weather extremes
How extreme does Cusco's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Cusco has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Cusco has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 16°F hotter than a normal December afternoon in Cusco (typical high near 70°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 14°F colder than a normal July night in Cusco (typical low near 34°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Cusco usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 4.2 in).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Cusco's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — December's 86°F is about 16°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from SENAMHI, Peru's national weather service, measured at Granja Kayra, about 10 km from the city centre.