Jauja climate — normals and trends
Jauja (Peru) has a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 1,569 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 December (6.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Jauja averages 103 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 285 rainy days per year.
Jauja has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 17.7 °C (on 10 November 2000) and the coldest -13.6 °C (on 4 June 1941).
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
JaujaJunin
- coords
- -11.78°, -75.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.6°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,569mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
3.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
285 d/yr
Annual snowfall
31.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.2 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
17.7 °C
10 November 2000
Coldest day
-13.6 °C
4 June 1941
Wettest day
56 mm
29 May 1941
Windiest day
18.5 km/h
19 November 1954
Strongest gust
55.8 km/h
18 June 1941
Hottest feels-like
18.4 °C
13 January 2025
Coldest feels-like
-17.5 °C
4 June 1941
Snowiest day
35.8 cm
29 May 1941
Sunniest day
12.5 h
23 January 2016
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 206 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 12.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 296 mm | +80 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 275 mm | +58 mm |
| Apr | 12.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 163 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 11.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 118 mm | +43 mm |
| Jun | 10.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 46 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 10.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 33 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 10.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 79 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 10.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 99 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 12.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 192 mm | +52 mm |
| Nov | 13.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 141 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 13.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 123 mm | -56 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jauja?
Jauja has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 1,569 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jauja?
The hottest day measured in Jauja between 1940 and 2025 was 10 November 2000, reaching 17.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jauja?
The coldest day measured in Jauja between 1940 and 2025 was 4 June 1941, at -13.6 °C.
Does it snow in Jauja?
Yes. Jauja gets on average 31.0 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Jauja warmed?
Yes: Jauja warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jauja?
The wettest day measured in Jauja between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1941, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jauja?
The windiest day measured in Jauja between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 1954, with winds reaching 18.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jauja?
The warmest month in Jauja is December (6.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Jauja?
Jauja receives on average 1,569 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 285 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jauja?
Jauja gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jauja?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jauja between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1941, with 35.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jauja?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Jauja.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jauja?
In Jauja, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 18.4 °C on 13 January 2025, and the lowest was -17.5 °C on 4 June 1941.
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