Chachapoyas climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chachapoyas?

Chachapoyas has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 2,312 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chachapoyas?

The hottest day measured in Chachapoyas between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 2000, reaching 24.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chachapoyas?

The coldest day measured in Chachapoyas between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1968, at 3.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chachapoyas?

Almost never: Chachapoyas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Chachapoyas warmed?

Yes: Chachapoyas warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chachapoyas?

The wettest day measured in Chachapoyas between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2016, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chachapoyas?

The windiest day measured in Chachapoyas between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1993, with winds reaching 18.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chachapoyas?

The warmest month in Chachapoyas is November (13.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chachapoyas?

Chachapoyas receives on average 2,312 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 303 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chachapoyas?

Chachapoyas gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chachapoyas (Peru) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 2,312 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is November (13.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Chachapoyas averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 303 rainy days per year.

Chachapoyas has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 24.0 °C (on 5 November 2000) and the coldest 3.7 °C (on 3 May 1968).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

ChachapoyasAmazonas

coords: -6.23°, -77.87°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

12.8°C

Average daily high

17.7°C

Average daily low

9.2°C

Annual rainfall

2,312mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

7.0km/h

Seasonal range

1.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

303 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

18.1 °C

Average feels-like low

8.4 °C

Average peak gust

31.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

24.0 °C

5 November 2000

Coldest day

3.7 °C

3 May 1968

Wettest day

113 mm

31 January 2016

Windiest day

18.7 km/h

4 August 1993

Strongest gust

68.8 km/h

4 May 1997

Hottest feels-like

27.8 °C

12 October 1978

Coldest feels-like

1.3 °C

3 May 1968

Sunniest day

12.3 h

20 January 2005

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall
2025	22.9 °C7 December 2025	6.3 °C29 August 2025	14.0 °C	2,915 mm
2024	23.1 °C21 October 2024	7.4 °C20 July 2024	14.6 °C	2,394 mm
2023	23.7 °C18 August 2023	5.4 °C3 August 2023	13.9 °C	2,562 mm
2022	23.3 °C27 October 2022	5.6 °C27 June 2022	13.4 °C	2,526 mm
2021	22.0 °C22 October 2021	4.2 °C5 August 2021	13.4 °C	2,521 mm
2020	22.7 °C27 January 2020	5.7 °C7 August 2020	13.5 °C	2,235 mm
2019	22.1 °C3 July 2019	3.7 °C1 August 2019	13.3 °C	2,917 mm
2018	22.2 °C1 February 2018	5.3 °C15 July 2018	13.1 °C	2,757 mm
2017	22.0 °C31 October 2017	4.4 °C23 August 2017	13.4 °C	2,895 mm
2016	23.3 °C16 November 2016	5.2 °C3 July 2016	13.9 °C	2,712 mm
2015	23.7 °C3 November 2015	6.2 °C23 June 2015	13.6 °C	2,632 mm
2014	22.5 °C20 November 2014	4.3 °C7 September 2014	13.4 °C	2,451 mm
2013	22.2 °C30 November 2013	4.8 °C31 August 2013	13.4 °C	2,521 mm
2012	22.1 °C12 July 2012	5.6 °C10 August 2012	13.2 °C	2,738 mm
2011	22.6 °C15 October 2011	6.2 °C21 July 2011	13.0 °C	2,247 mm
2010	22.3 °C23 November 2010	5.1 °C23 August 2010	13.5 °C	2,166 mm
2009	22.8 °C6 November 2009	6.4 °C5 August 2009	13.4 °C	2,790 mm
2008	22.1 °C17 November 2008	6.9 °C26 July 2008	13.4 °C	2,289 mm
2007	21.4 °C3 December 2007	5.1 °C4 July 2007	13.2 °C	2,229 mm
2006	22.1 °C19 October 2006	5.9 °C5 August 2006	13.2 °C	2,059 mm
2005	22.5 °C18 January 2005	6.2 °C12 July 2005	13.4 °C	2,295 mm
2004	22.2 °C15 January 2004	5.1 °C11 August 2004	13.1 °C	2,204 mm
2003	21.7 °C15 March 2003	5.5 °C4 July 2003	13.1 °C	2,111 mm
2002	21.3 °C25 September 2002	5.8 °C23 June 2002	13.0 °C	2,459 mm
2001	21.9 °C13 December 2001	6.0 °C22 August 2001	12.8 °C	2,516 mm
2000	24.0 °C5 November 2000	5.9 °C28 July 2000	12.9 °C	1,897 mm
1999	21.6 °C20 November 1999	5.1 °C11 July 1999	12.5 °C	2,089 mm
1998	22.3 °C1 December 1998	6.8 °C2 July 1998	13.9 °C	2,194 mm
1997	21.7 °C12 October 1997	6.1 °C30 August 1997	13.2 °C	2,238 mm
1996	21.6 °C15 November 1996	6.1 °C8 June 1996	12.9 °C	2,053 mm
1995	22.0 °C7 October 1995	7.2 °C5 July 1995	13.4 °C	2,101 mm
1994	21.3 °C20 October 1994	5.9 °C14 July 1994	13.0 °C	2,503 mm
1993	21.4 °C19 February 1993	4.7 °C4 August 1993	13.1 °C	2,569 mm
1992	21.6 °C25 January 1992	5.2 °C27 August 1992	13.3 °C	2,279 mm
1991	21.3 °C23 March 1991	5.6 °C17 August 1991	13.3 °C	2,235 mm
1990	22.0 °C22 November 1990	4.9 °C27 July 1990	13.0 °C	2,316 mm
1989	23.2 °C10 November 1989	5.7 °C12 July 1989	12.8 °C	2,145 mm
1988	22.7 °C18 February 1988	5.5 °C17 July 1988	13.2 °C	2,298 mm
1987	22.2 °C1 April 1987	6.2 °C27 June 1987	13.6 °C	2,337 mm
1986	21.3 °C29 November 1986	5.1 °C21 July 1986	12.8 °C	2,181 mm
1985	22.3 °C23 November 1985	5.4 °C18 July 1985	12.5 °C	1,890 mm
1984	22.1 °C30 October 1984	5.9 °C3 September 1984	12.8 °C	2,212 mm
1983	22.8 °C2 March 1983	6.5 °C26 July 1983	13.9 °C	2,390 mm
1982	21.5 °C17 February 1982	5.9 °C19 July 1982	13.2 °C	2,231 mm
1981	20.9 °C22 November 1981	5.1 °C28 July 1981	13.0 °C	2,393 mm
1980	21.9 °C18 December 1980	5.9 °C19 July 1980	13.0 °C	2,206 mm
1979	22.1 °C13 November 1979	5.4 °C13 July 1979	13.1 °C	1,994 mm
1978	23.9 °C12 October 1978	4.9 °C19 August 1978	12.9 °C	2,078 mm
1977	21.3 °C18 January 1977	5.7 °C23 July 1977	12.8 °C	2,179 mm
1976	21.3 °C9 October 1976	4.7 °C21 July 1976	12.2 °C	2,194 mm
1975	20.7 °C29 November 1975	4.3 °C19 July 1975	12.0 °C	2,434 mm
1974	20.8 °C30 November 1974	4.5 °C28 July 1974	12.1 °C	2,396 mm
1973	21.7 °C9 March 1973	5.7 °C8 July 1973	12.7 °C	2,566 mm
1972	22.8 °C24 December 1972	5.2 °C16 August 1972	12.7 °C	2,397 mm
1971	20.6 °C19 November 1971	5.6 °C13 July 1971	12.1 °C	2,766 mm
1970	21.3 °C17 January 1970	5.7 °C11 August 1970	12.5 °C	2,508 mm
1969	22.7 °C2 December 1969	5.2 °C4 July 1969	13.0 °C	2,145 mm
1968	22.2 °C21 November 1968	3.7 °C3 May 1968	12.2 °C	2,262 mm
1967	20.4 °C27 November 1967	4.3 °C6 September 1967	12.1 °C	2,200 mm
1966	21.7 °C3 March 1966	4.3 °C7 July 1966	12.5 °C	1,799 mm
1965	21.2 °C4 December 1965	5.0 °C13 August 1965	12.2 °C	1,977 mm
1964	20.2 °C30 April 1964	4.6 °C24 July 1964	12.1 °C	2,200 mm
1963	21.0 °C16 November 1963	4.4 °C28 July 1963	12.2 °C	1,890 mm
1962	21.0 °C17 December 1962	4.5 °C18 June 1962	12.1 °C	1,887 mm
1961	21.1 °C24 January 1961	3.8 °C31 July 1961	12.1 °C	2,038 mm
1960	21.0 °C3 December 1960	4.7 °C6 August 1960	12.3 °C	1,957 mm
1959	21.0 °C29 September 1959	5.1 °C25 May 1959	12.2 °C	2,551 mm
1958	21.0 °C18 January 1958	5.4 °C25 June 1958	12.5 °C	2,342 mm
1957	20.5 °C27 December 1957	5.5 °C23 July 1957	12.2 °C	2,593 mm
1956	19.6 °C20 December 1956	5.4 °C5 August 1956	11.8 °C	2,426 mm
1955	19.0 °C28 January 1955	5.4 °C3 August 1955	11.9 °C	2,264 mm
1954	19.4 °C19 November 1954	3.8 °C14 August 1954	11.9 °C	2,151 mm
1953	19.7 °C24 December 1953	5.8 °C12 July 1953	12.3 °C	2,345 mm
1952	19.5 °C19 November 1952	6.2 °C2 July 1952	12.1 °C	2,000 mm
1951	19.5 °C7 October 1951	5.3 °C25 July 1951	12.2 °C	2,325 mm
1950	19.5 °C4 September 1950	4.4 °C12 July 1950	12.1 °C	1,917 mm
1949	20.2 °C29 November 1949	5.0 °C28 July 1949	12.0 °C	2,329 mm
1948	20.0 °C22 January 1948	5.1 °C15 August 1948	12.4 °C	2,299 mm
1947	20.5 °C29 October 1947	6.2 °C11 August 1947	12.5 °C	2,022 mm
1946	20.3 °C27 November 1946	6.0 °C12 August 1946	12.1 °C	2,436 mm
1945	20.5 °C24 November 1945	5.1 °C2 August 1945	12.2 °C	2,028 mm
1944	20.0 °C19 October 1944	5.8 °C9 June 1944	12.3 °C	2,295 mm
1943	20.0 °C25 December 1943	5.4 °C11 July 1943	11.8 °C	2,087 mm
1942	19.8 °C24 February 1942	3.8 °C29 August 1942	11.8 °C	2,667 mm
1941	20.8 °C28 January 1941	5.5 °C8 July 1941	12.5 °C	2,909 mm
1940	19.8 °C1 October 1940	5.8 °C25 August 1940	12.4 °C	2,044 mm

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.0 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2915 mm

+603 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.4 °C	+0.5 °C	346 mm	+87 mm
Feb	18.6 °C	+0.8 °C	430 mm	+154 mm
Mar	19.1 °C	+1.3 °C	378 mm	+78 mm
Apr	19.6 °C	+1.7 °C	353 mm	+119 mm
May	19.3 °C	+1.6 °C	145 mm	-11 mm
Jun	18.6 °C	+1.6 °C	127 mm	+29 mm
Jul	18.6 °C	+2.0 °C	81 mm	+3 mm
Aug	19.0 °C	+1.9 °C	82 mm	-2 mm
Sep	18.3 °C	+0.8 °C	152 mm	+15 mm
Oct	19.0 °C	+1.1 °C	257 mm	+12 mm
Nov	19.1 °C	+0.7 °C	431 mm	+208 mm
Dec	20.2 °C	+2.0 °C	134 mm	-90 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

22.9 °C

7 Dec 2025

Coldest day

6.3 °C

29 Aug 2025

Wettest day

61.9 mm

12 Nov 2025

Windiest day

16.9 km/h

3 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

60.1 km/h

3 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

25.2 °C

25 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.5 °C

5 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

16 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chachapoyas?

Chachapoyas has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 2,312 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chachapoyas?

The hottest day measured in Chachapoyas between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 2000, reaching 24.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chachapoyas?

The coldest day measured in Chachapoyas between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1968, at 3.7 °C.

Does it snow in Chachapoyas?

Almost never: Chachapoyas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Chachapoyas warmed?

Yes: Chachapoyas warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chachapoyas?

The wettest day measured in Chachapoyas between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2016, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chachapoyas?

The windiest day measured in Chachapoyas between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1993, with winds reaching 18.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chachapoyas?

The warmest month in Chachapoyas is November (13.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Chachapoyas?

Chachapoyas receives on average 2,312 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 303 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chachapoyas?

Chachapoyas gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chachapoyas?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Chachapoyas.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chachapoyas?

In Chachapoyas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.8 °C on 12 October 1978, and the lowest was 1.3 °C on 3 May 1968.

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