Huancavelica climate — normals and trends
Huancavelica (Peru) has a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.1 °C and it receives 1,623 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 January (5.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Huancavelica averages 179 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 270 rainy days per year.
Huancavelica has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 219 to 139 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 16.0 °C (on 10 November 2000) and the coldest -14.8 °C (on 2 August 1946).
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
HuancavelicaHuancavelica
- coords
- -12.79°, -74.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.1°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
-0.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,623mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
10.6km/h
Seasonal range
2.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
179 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
270 d/yr
Annual snowfall
147.6 cm
Average feels-like high
8.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · p = < 0.001
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
16.0 °C
10 November 2000
Coldest day
-14.8 °C
2 August 1946
Wettest day
62 mm
6 February 2015
Windiest day
21.7 km/h
18 November 1949
Strongest gust
59.0 km/h
11 September 1940
Hottest feels-like
16.8 °C
13 January 2025
Coldest feels-like
-19.3 °C
2 August 1946
Snowiest day
19.6 cm
29 May 1941
Sunniest day
12.7 h
25 December 1952
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 216 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 271 mm | +45 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 268 mm | +51 mm |
| Apr | 10.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 157 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 9.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 95 mm | +30 mm |
| Jun | 9.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 47 mm | +11 mm |
| Jul | 9.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 36 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 9.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 94 mm | +30 mm |
| Sep | 9.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 119 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 11.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 207 mm | +54 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 161 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 12.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 129 mm | -61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huancavelica?
Huancavelica has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.1 °C and it receives 1,623 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huancavelica?
The hottest day measured in Huancavelica between 1940 and 2025 was 10 November 2000, reaching 16.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huancavelica?
The coldest day measured in Huancavelica between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1946, at -14.8 °C.
Does it snow in Huancavelica?
Yes. Huancavelica gets on average 147.6 cm of snow per year and has around 179 frost days.
Has the climate of Huancavelica warmed?
Yes: Huancavelica warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huancavelica?
The wettest day measured in Huancavelica between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2015, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huancavelica?
The windiest day measured in Huancavelica between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1949, with winds reaching 21.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huancavelica?
The warmest month in Huancavelica is January (5.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Huancavelica?
Huancavelica receives on average 1,623 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 270 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huancavelica?
Huancavelica gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Huancavelica?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Huancavelica between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1941, with 19.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Huancavelica?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Huancavelica.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huancavelica?
In Huancavelica, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 16.8 °C on 13 January 2025, and the lowest was -19.3 °C on 2 August 1946.
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