Puno climate — normals and trends
Puno (Peru) has a subpolar oceanic, dry winter climate (Cwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,206 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 (10.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Puno averages 83 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 187 rainy days per year.
Puno has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 110 to 56 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 23.3 °C (on 24 October 2021) and the coldest -16.6 °C (on 11 July 1953).
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
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- coords
- -15.84°, -70.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,206mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
3.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
187 d/yr
Annual snowfall
23.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
24.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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
23.3 °C
24 October 2021
Coldest day
-16.6 °C
11 July 1953
Wettest day
35 mm
27 March 1988
Windiest day
43.6 km/h
6 August 1981
Strongest gust
76.3 km/h
9 August 2015
Hottest feels-like
21.1 °C
1 December 1997
Coldest feels-like
-22.1 °C
11 July 1953
Snowiest day
11.1 cm
29 April 1943
Sunniest day
12.9 h
10 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 264 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | 14.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 238 mm | +22 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 347 mm | +155 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 114 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 14.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 64 mm | +39 mm |
| Jun | 15.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 7 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 15.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 14 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 16.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 10 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 16.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 88 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 105 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 17.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 71 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 16.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 137 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puno?
Puno has a subpolar oceanic, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,206 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puno?
The hottest day measured in Puno between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2021, reaching 23.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puno?
The coldest day measured in Puno between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1953, at -16.6 °C.
Does it snow in Puno?
Yes. Puno gets on average 23.2 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Puno warmed?
Yes: Puno warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puno?
The wettest day measured in Puno between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1988, with 35 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puno?
The windiest day measured in Puno between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1981, with winds reaching 43.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puno?
The warmest month in Puno is November (10.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Puno?
Puno receives on average 1,206 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puno?
Puno gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Puno?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Puno between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1943, with 11.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Puno?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Puno.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puno?
In Puno, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 21.1 °C on 1 December 1997, and the lowest was -22.1 °C on 11 July 1953.
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