Huancayo weather in June

In June, Huancayo sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 7.4 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Huancayo's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Huancayo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
24 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:22 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover
51%
2nd clearest
Wind
4 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Huancayo is capital city of Junín region, Peru.

Density
1,430/km²
people per km²
Founded
1572

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 12°C through the month.

A typical June day in Huancayo reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and on par with July.

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How June really feels in Huancayo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 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
4
wind chill below the day's low

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

Huancayo 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 daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 24329.5112.61.8
Feb12° / 248270.912.41.7
Mar12° / 222300.512.11.7
Apr12° / 11324.90.111.72.0
May12° / 5315.8011.52.8
Jun12° / 247.40.211.33.2
Jul11° / -0°248.10.211.43.2
Aug12° / 4413.60.611.62.8
Sep12° / 9023.70.211.92.1
Oct12° / 14727.70.212.31.9
Nov13° / 15326.40.412.62.0
Dec13° / 21628.50.912.71.9

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Huancayo gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 7.4 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 precipitation averages around 25% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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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Wind in June

Winds average 4 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:18 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:185:39
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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 5.08 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in November across the year — June's 5.08 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Huancayo

In seasonPeak

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

Huancayo's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Huancayo?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Huancayo.

What to pack for Huancayo in June

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

In June, Huancayo sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Huancayo in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Huancayo peaks around February 11 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 11UV 19Jun 23UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct18Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec18Extreme

Air quality in Huancayo in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Huancayo is worst in September — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1018 µg/m³Jan 177 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul11Good
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Huancayo?

Huancayo sits at 12.1°S, 75.2°W, 3,596 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Chilca, 2.0 km away.

Junín

Topography around Huancayo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Huancayo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m around an average of 3,259 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,552 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,579 m.

The land around Huancayo is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
321 m
16 km
1,552 m
80 km
4,579 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
June weather nearby: Chilca 2.0 km · Jauja 45 km · Huancavelica 84 km · Tarma 89 km · La Oroya 97 km · San Martín de Pangoa 106 km · Satipo 110 km · Junín 132 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 Huancayo (-12.0687°, -75.2103°, elevation 3,596 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).