Cusco Weather in January
Cusco in January
The short of it: Cusco in January averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 148 mm (5.8 in) of rain and about 12 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 6° · rain 148 mm · daylight 12 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Cusco an average January high of 18°, a low of 6° and some 148 mm of rain. Cusco's coldest stretch of the year, 18° by day and 6° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 148 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 50 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and September.
Against its neighbours, Cusco runs about middling and about as wet in January. Wanchaq, 1 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
January in Cusco, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 22 mm more rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WanchaqCuzco Department | 1 km NNE | 18° | 6° | 148 mm |
| SantiagoCuzco Department | 2 km WNW | 18° | 6° | 148 mm |
| PoroyCuzco Department | 9 km WNW | 18° | 5° | 154 mm |
| PongobambaCuzco Department | 14 km NNW | 16° | 3° | 163 mm |
| PisacCuzco Department | 18 km NE | 19° | 6° | 110 mm |
| AntaCuzco Department | 21 km WNW | 19° | 6° | 154 mm |
| CalcaCuzco Department | 22 km N | 18° | 6° | 121 mm |
| OropesaCuzco Department | 23 km ESE | 19° | 6° | 118 mm |