Yanacancha climate — normals and trends
Yanacancha (Peru) has a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.9 °C and it receives 1,841 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 (4.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Yanacancha averages 211 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 280 rainy days per year.
Yanacancha has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 286 to 136 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 17.1 °C (on 14 November 2000) and the coldest -9.2 °C (on 9 February 1995).
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
YanacanchaHuánuco Department
- coords
- -10.24°, -76.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.9°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
-0.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,841mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
1.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
211 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
280 d/yr
Annual snowfall
207.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.5 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
17.1 °C
14 November 2000
Coldest day
-9.2 °C
9 February 1995
Wettest day
55 mm
21 March 2024
Windiest day
20.6 km/h
14 August 1991
Strongest gust
62.3 km/h
16 August 1947
Hottest feels-like
18.0 °C
26 January 2024
Coldest feels-like
-13.4 °C
4 December 1945
Snowiest day
17.9 cm
9 May 1942
Sunniest day
12.5 h
9 January 2016
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 | 11.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 264 mm | +30 mm |
| Feb | 10.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 318 mm | +82 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 301 mm | +34 mm |
| Apr | 10.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 220 mm | +50 mm |
| May | 10.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 107 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 10.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 56 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 9.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 29 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 10.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 83 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 10.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 131 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 11.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 235 mm | +50 mm |
| Nov | 12.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 204 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | 12.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 95 mm | -101 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yanacancha?
Yanacancha has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.9 °C and it receives 1,841 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yanacancha?
The hottest day measured in Yanacancha between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 2000, reaching 17.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yanacancha?
The coldest day measured in Yanacancha between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1995, at -9.2 °C.
Does it snow in Yanacancha?
Yes. Yanacancha gets on average 207.6 cm of snow per year and has around 211 frost days.
Has the climate of Yanacancha warmed?
Yes: Yanacancha warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yanacancha?
The wettest day measured in Yanacancha between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 2024, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yanacancha?
The windiest day measured in Yanacancha between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1991, with winds reaching 20.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yanacancha?
The warmest month in Yanacancha is December (4.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Yanacancha?
Yanacancha receives on average 1,841 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 280 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yanacancha?
Yanacancha gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yanacancha?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yanacancha between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 1942, with 17.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yanacancha?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Yanacancha.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yanacancha?
In Yanacancha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 18.0 °C on 26 January 2024, and the lowest was -13.4 °C on 4 December 1945.
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