La Oroya weather in July

In July, La Oroya sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 22 mm of precipitation across 7.7 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of July to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is La Oroya's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see La Oroya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
1st coldest
Precipitation
22 mm
7.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:28 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
45%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

La Oroya is capital city of Yauli, Junín, Peru.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month.

A typical July day in La Oroya reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in La Oroya

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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
31
wind chill below the day's low

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

La Oroya weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 20527.66.312.61.4
Feb11° / 20326.45.612.41.3
Mar10° / 20529.25.812.11.3
Apr10° / 110241.811.81.6
May10° / -1°5516.51.511.52.0
Jun10° / -2°237.51.111.32.3
Jul10° / -3°227.72.211.42.3
Aug10° / -2°3911.53.111.62.2
Sep10° / -1°8621.34.111.91.6
Oct10° / 13826.34.612.31.5
Nov11° / 14924.33.712.51.7
Dec11° / 19826.95.812.71.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 32% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26931
37030
47030
57030
67129
77228
87228
97228
107228
117228
127228
137327
147228
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitationSnow

La Oroya gets around 22 mm of rain and snow over 7.7 wet days in July, 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 26% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1257
2257
3258
4258
5258
6258
7258
8258
9257
10257
11257
12257
13257
14257
15257
16257
17257
18257
19257
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21256
22266
23266
24256
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26256
27246
28245
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30245
31245

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.

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Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
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66calm
76calm
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96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
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216calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of July to 11 h 30 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 6:27 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 5:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:275:47
211.36:275:47
311.36:275:47
411.36:275:48
511.36:275:48
611.36:285:48
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.74 kWh/m² in November across the year — July's 5.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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306.0Bright
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for La Oroya

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season
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Mar
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is July a good time to visit La Oroya?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in La Oroya.

What to pack for La Oroya in July

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

In July, La Oroya sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in La Oroya in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 La Oroya peaks around February 12 at about 20 (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 12UV 20Jun 23UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb20Extreme
Mar18Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep16Extreme
Oct18Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec18Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is La Oroya?

La Oroya sits at 11.5°S, 75.9°W, 3,765 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Tarma, 25 km away.

Topography around La Oroya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around La Oroya has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 773 m around an average of 4,026 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,125 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,914 m.

The land around La Oroya is covered by bare terrain (61%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (92%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
773 m
16 km
1,125 m
80 km
4,914 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Tarma 25 km · Junín 41 km · Jauja 52 km · Huancayo 97 km · Chilca 98 km · Chosica 100 km · Cerro de Pasco 102 km · Yanacancha 102 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 La Oroya (-11.5189°, -75.8993°, elevation 3,765 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).