La Rinconada weather in July

In July, La Rinconada sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 19 mm of precipitation across 6.8 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of July to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is La Rinconada's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see La Rinconada's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
1st coldest
Precipitation
19 mm
6.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:07 AM – 5:20 PM
Cloud cover
40%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.6
out of 10

La Rinconada is town in Peru, considered highest elevated human settlement in the world.

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 8°C through the month.

A typical July day in La Rinconada reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in La Rinconada

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 Rinconada 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°20129.117.212.80.9
Feb / -0°18526.315.312.50.9
Mar / -1°13927.611.912.11.1
Apr / -1°77216.811.71.4
May / -3°3512.12.911.31.7
Jun / -4°186.22.311.21.7
Jul / -5°196.83.111.21.6
Aug / -5°3211.14.311.51.6
Sep / -3°5918.47.711.91.4
Oct / -2°10222.910.112.31.4
Nov10° / -1°11622.79.212.71.5
Dec / -0°18427.814.212.91.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27723
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitationSnow

La Rinconada gets around 19 mm of rain and snow over 6.8 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 22% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12310
22310
32310
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82211
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112211
122211
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142211
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202210
212210
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23229
24229
25228
26228
27227
28227
29237
30237
31238

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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Dry (%)
1100
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Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
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217calm
227calm
237calm
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277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of July to 11 h 18 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 6:07 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:15 PM to 5:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:075:15
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311.16:075:16
411.26:075:16
511.26:075:17
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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 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 5.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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285.4Bright
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305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for La Rinconada

In seasonPeak

None of La Rinconada'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 Rinconada's monsoon runs October–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 La Rinconada?

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

1.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

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

What to pack for La Rinconada in July

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

In July, La Rinconada sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in La Rinconada 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 La Rinconada peaks around January 23 at about 20 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeJan 23UV 20Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan20Extreme
Feb20Extreme
Mar18Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov18Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is La Rinconada?

La Rinconada sits at 14.6°S, 69.4°W, 5,022 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is San Miguel, 119 km away.

San MiguelJuliacaAyaviriPunoSorataIsla del SolIlaveCopacabana

Topography around La Rinconada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around La Rinconada has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,196 m around an average of 4,993 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,375 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,196 m.

The land around La Rinconada is covered by bare terrain (45%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) and bare terrain (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (64%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,196 m
16 km
2,375 m
80 km
5,196 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater
July weather nearby: San Miguel 119 km · Juliaca 122 km · Ayaviri 126 km · Puno 148 km · Sorata 153 km · Isla del Sol 159 km · Ilave 163 km · Copacabana 176 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 Rinconada (-14.6313°, -69.4464°, elevation 5,022 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).