Quillabamba climate — normals and trends
Quillabamba (Peru) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 2,207 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 (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Quillabamba averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 289 rainy days per year.
Quillabamba has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.4 °C (on 1 October 2024) and the coldest 2.4 °C (on 29 July 2014).
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
QuillabambaCuzco Department
- coords
- -12.86°, -72.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.8°C
Average daily high
20.5°C
Average daily low
11.7°C
Annual rainfall
2,207mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
86%
Average peak wind
5.7km/h
Seasonal range
2.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
289 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
22.3 °C
Average feels-like low
11.5 °C
Average peak gust
26.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
28.4 °C
1 October 2024
Coldest day
2.4 °C
29 July 2014
Wettest day
122 mm
13 March 1988
Windiest day
9.3 km/h
2 September 1960
Strongest gust
51.5 km/h
30 January 1997
Hottest feels-like
31.5 °C
23 October 2023
Coldest feels-like
-0.1 °C
29 July 2014
Sunniest day
12.7 h
28 November 1942
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 | 22.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 324 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 22.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 423 mm | +99 mm |
| Mar | 21.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 303 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 22.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 176 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 114 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 50 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 23 mm | -26 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 85 mm | +27 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 72 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 22.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 189 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 22.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 211 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 22.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 291 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Quillabamba?
Quillabamba has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 2,207 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quillabamba?
The hottest day measured in Quillabamba between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 2024, reaching 28.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Quillabamba?
The coldest day measured in Quillabamba between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2014, at 2.4 °C.
Does it snow in Quillabamba?
Almost never: Quillabamba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Quillabamba warmed?
Yes: Quillabamba warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Quillabamba?
The wettest day measured in Quillabamba between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1988, with 122 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Quillabamba?
The windiest day measured in Quillabamba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1960, with winds reaching 9.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Quillabamba?
The warmest month in Quillabamba is November (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Quillabamba?
Quillabamba receives on average 2,207 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 289 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Quillabamba?
Quillabamba gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Quillabamba?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Quillabamba.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quillabamba?
In Quillabamba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.5 °C on 23 October 2023, and the lowest was -0.1 °C on 29 July 2014.
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