Ayacucho weather in June

In June, Ayacucho sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 15 mm of rain across 4 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of June to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Ayacucho's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ayacucho's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:20 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover
47%
3rd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Ayacucho is capital city of Ayacucho, Peru.

Founded
1540

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical June day in Ayacucho reaches about 15°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 13°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 1°C cooler than May and on par with July.

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How June really feels in Ayacucho

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

June sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ayacucho weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 18327.512.72.8
Feb16° / 17725.812.42.7
Mar16° / 14927.612.12.8
Apr16° / 601711.73.8
May15° / 247.811.45.0
Jun15° / 15411.25.1
Jul14° / 195.111.35.0
Aug15° / 276.711.65.0
Sep16° / 4212.511.94.6
Oct17° / 7520.112.34.0
Nov17° / 9020.512.63.9
Dec17° / 15125.412.83.2

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36535
46535
56535
66535
76634
86733
96733
106832
116931
126931
137030
147030
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207030
217129
227030
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256931
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306832

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Ayacucho gets around 15 mm of rain over 4 wet days in June, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

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Dry (%)
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28100
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30100

Wind in June

Winds average 5 km/h in June.

Across June, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of June to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:37 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:165:33
211.36:165:33
311.36:175:33
411.36:175:33
511.36:175:33
611.36:175:33
711.36:185:33
811.36:185:33
911.26:185:33
1011.26:195:33
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1211.26:195:33
1311.26:195:34
1411.26:205:34
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1711.26:215:34
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1911.26:215:35
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2211.26:225:35
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2711.26:235:36
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.86 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

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 — June's 4.86 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Ayacucho

In seasonPeak

None of Ayacucho's seasonal hazards are active in June. 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 June a good time to visit Ayacucho?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

June is a reasonable time to visit Ayacucho for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ayacucho in June

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

In June, Ayacucho sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Ayacucho in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 10UV 19Jul 9UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
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.

AbancayChilcaHuancayoSanta AnaQuillabamba

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
16 km
1,901 m
80 km
4,580 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
June 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
Catholic 76%Evangelical Christian 16%no religion 5%other religions 3%

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).