Colca Weather in February
Colca in February
The short of it: Colca in February averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 180 mm (7.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 7° · rain 180 mm · daylight 12 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & October
Thirty years of records give Colca an average February high of 20°, a low of 7° and some 180 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about 20°, nights near 7°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 180 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 33 min in mid-February, 18 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates February 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and October.
Against its neighbours, Colca runs warmer than most and drier than most in February. Huancaraylla, 7 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
February in Colca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus January
- about the same, 27 mm more rain
- Versus March
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuancarayllaAyacucho | 7 km W | 18° | 6° | 187 mm |
| CircamarcaAyacucho | 10 km W | 18° | 6° | 187 mm |
| CayaraAyacucho | 10 km SSE | 18° | 6° | 185 mm |
| San Juan de ChitoAyacucho | 14 km NE | 17° | 5° | 190 mm |
| VischongoAyacucho | 14 km NNE | 19° | 7° | 186 mm |
| AccomarcaAyacucho | 17 km SE | 20° | 7° | 182 mm |
| HuamboAyacucho | 17 km WNW | 15° | 3° | 188 mm |
| CarampaAyacucho | 23 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 170 mm |