Best: Jun-Jul · Great: May, Aug-Sep · Jun for Inti Raymi
It stays hot year-round here, but swings between a heavy monsoon centered on January and a markedly drier stretch around June. In June, expect highs around 19°C with rain on roughly 1 day of the month.
Inti Raymi (June) — The Inca Festival of the Sun fills Cusco with elaborate processions and reenactments on June 24, within the region's dry season.
Cusco's Plaza de Armas and San Pedro Market are a good first orientation before tackling the Sacred Valley — Pisac's ruins and market, Ollantaytambo's terraces. Machu Picchu itself needs advance booking (permits sell out), whether via the classic Inca Trail or the train through Aguas Calientes.
Try alpaca dishes and Andean-grown potatoes in Cusco's highland cuisine, alongside a pisco sour — Peru's national cocktail, made with the local grape brandy.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect mild days around 20°/6°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 20°/6°C, with frequent rain (~14 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 20°/5°C, with frequent rain (~11 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 20°/3°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 20°/0°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/-2°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/-3°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/-2°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 20°/0°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 21°/2°C, with occasional rain (~7 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 21°/4°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 21°/5°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).