Ayacucho weather in July

In July, Ayacucho sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 19 mm of precipitation across 5.1 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of July to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ayacucho's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ayacucho's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 19 mm; 5.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:24 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Ayacucho is capital city of Ayacucho, Peru.

Founded: 1540

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ayacucho reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	14	2
9	14	2
10	14	2
11	14	2
12	14	2
13	14	2
14	14	2
15	14	2
16	14	2
17	14	2
18	14	2
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	15	2

How July really feels in Ayacucho

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 3 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Ayacucho weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 7°	183	27.5	12.7	2.8
Feb	16° / 7°	177	25.8	12.4	2.7
Mar	16° / 7°	149	27.6	12.1	2.8
Apr	16° / 6°	60	17	11.7	3.8
May	15° / 4°	24	7.8	11.4	5.0
Jun	15° / 2°	15	4	11.2	5.1
Jul	14° / 2°	19	5.1	11.3	5.0
Aug	15° / 2°	27	6.7	11.6	5.0
Sep	16° / 4°	42	12.5	11.9	4.6
Oct	17° / 6°	75	20.1	12.3	4.0
Nov	17° / 6°	90	20.5	12.6	3.9
Dec	17° / 7°	151	25.4	12.8	3.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	68	69	70	71	71	72	73	74	74	75	75	74	75	75	75	75	76	75	75	75	75	75	74	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	77
Cloudier (%)	32	31	30	29	29	28	27	26	26	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	24	25	25	25	25	25	26	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	70	30
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	77	23

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Ayacucho gets around 19 mm of rain and snow over 5.1 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 16% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	17
3	18
4	18
5	18
6	17
7	17
8	17
9	17
10	17
11	17
12	16
13	16
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	15
23	15
24	15
25	14
26	14
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	13
31	14

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of July to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:45 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:23	5:37
2	11.2	6:23	5:37
3	11.2	6:23	5:38
4	11.2	6:24	5:38
5	11.2	6:24	5:38
6	11.2	6:24	5:39
7	11.3	6:24	5:39
8	11.3	6:24	5:39
9	11.3	6:24	5:39
10	11.3	6:24	5:40
11	11.3	6:24	5:40
12	11.3	6:24	5:40
13	11.3	6:24	5:40
14	11.3	6:24	5:41
15	11.3	6:24	5:41
16	11.3	6:24	5:41
17	11.3	6:24	5:42
18	11.3	6:24	5:42
19	11.3	6:23	5:42
20	11.3	6:23	5:42
21	11.3	6:23	5:43
22	11.3	6:23	5:43
23	11.3	6:23	5:43
24	11.3	6:23	5:43
25	11.4	6:22	5:44
26	11.4	6:22	5:44
27	11.4	6:22	5:44
28	11.4	6:22	5:44
29	11.4	6:21	5:45
30	11.4	6:21	5:45
31	11.4	6:21	5:45

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.75 kWh/m² in November across the year — July's 5.07 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Ayacucho

In seasonPeak

None of Ayacucho's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ayacucho's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Ayacucho?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

July is a reasonable time to visit Ayacucho for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ayacucho in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Ayacucho sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Ayacucho in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ayacucho peaks around February 10 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 9 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	19	19	17	15	12	10	10	13	14	17	17	17
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	19	Extreme
Feb	19	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	17	Extreme
Nov	17	Extreme
Dec	17	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Ayacucho?

Ayacucho sits at 13.2°S, 74.2°W, 2,805 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Huanta, 26 km away.

Topography around Ayacucho

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ayacucho.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ayacucho has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 740 m around an average of 2,853 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,901 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,580 m.

The land around Ayacucho is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

740 m

artificial surfaces 63%

16 km

1,901 m

grassland 67%

80 km

4,580 m

grassland 78%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← June Ayacucho year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Huanta 26 km · Huancavelica 91 km · Andahuaylas 106 km · Abancay 154 km · Chilca 161 km · Huancayo 162 km · Santa Ana 167 km · Quillabamba 169 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 51% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,684; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.6; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 13.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 519
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ayacucho (-13.1638°, -74.2234°, elevation 2,805 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	14	2
9	14	2
10	14	2
11	14	2
12	14	2
13	14	2
14	14	2
15	14	2
16	14	2
17	14	2
18	14	2
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	15	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	70	30
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	17
3	18
4	18
5	18
6	17
7	17
8	17
9	17
10	17
11	17
12	16
13	16
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	15
23	15
24	15
25	14
26	14
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	13
31	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	14	2
9	14	2
10	14	2
11	14	2
12	14	2
13	14	2
14	14	2
15	14	2
16	14	2
17	14	2
18	14	2
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	15	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	70	30
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	17
3	18
4	18
5	18
6	17
7	17
8	17
9	17
10	17
11	17
12	16
13	16
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	15
23	15
24	15
25	14
26	14
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	13
31	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	14	2
9	14	2
10	14	2
11	14	2
12	14	2
13	14	2
14	14	2
15	14	2
16	14	2
17	14	2
18	14	2
19	14	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	14	2
26	15	2
27	15	2
28	15	2
29	15	2
30	15	2
31	15	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	70	30
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	17
3	18
4	18
5	18
6	17
7	17
8	17
9	17
10	17
11	17
12	16
13	16
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	15
23	15
24	15
25	14
26	14
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	13
31	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100