La Rinconada climate

Name: La Rinconada
Address: Andes - Puno, Peru

Peru · Andes - Puno · 14.631° S, 69.445° W

Köppen ETalpine tundra (highest town)Polar & alpine

Highest permanent settlement on Earth (~5,100 m): freezing thin air, wet summer, frozen dry winter nights.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

November, 43°F / 6°C

Coldest month

July, 21°F / -6°C

Annual swing

21°F / 12°C

Wettest month

December

Driest month

June

Rain per year

8.1" / 206 mm

Snow per year

188.5" / 4787 mm

Elevation

16522 ft / 5036 m

Time zone

America/Lima

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	40 / 5	26 / -4	1.50 / 38	27.3 / 693	84%	4.8 / 7.7	90%
February	40 / 4	26 / -3	1.37 / 35	29.1 / 740	88%	4.5 / 7.2	93%
March	40 / 5	24 / -4	1.17 / 30	25.4 / 646	86%	4.3 / 6.9	90%
April	41 / 5	24 / -4	0.65 / 17	12.6 / 320	75%	4.5 / 7.2	70%
May	41 / 5	22 / -6	0.18 / 5	8.0 / 203	67%	5.2 / 8.4	54%
June	40 / 5	21 / -6	0.03 / 1	2.8 / 70	56%	5.1 / 8.2	33%
July	42 / 5	21 / -6	0.01 / 0	3.1 / 78	51%	5.4 / 8.7	31%
August	42 / 5	21 / -6	0.04 / 1	6.9 / 175	57%	5.6 / 9.0	36%
September	42 / 5	23 / -5	0.19 / 5	11.3 / 287	71%	5.7 / 9.2	56%
October	42 / 6	23 / -5	0.50 / 13	14.2 / 361	73%	5.4 / 8.7	71%
November	43 / 6	24 / -4	0.86 / 22	20.1 / 511	75%	4.8 / 7.7	79%
December	41 / 5	26 / -3	1.61 / 41	27.7 / 703	84%	4.4 / 7.1	92%

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