San Miguel in Spring

In spring (September, October and November), San Miguel sees average daytime highs around 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 200 mm of precipitation over about 40 wet days across the season. It is the warmest season of the year and the 3rd-wettest season.

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 17°C. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels dry.

Spring is San Miguel's 2nd-best season to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see San Miguel's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high
17°C
warmest season of the year
Avg overnight low
5°C
Precipitation
200 mm
40 wet days
Avg wind
9 km/h
Travel score
5.2
2nd-best season
Months
Sep · Oct · Nov

Temperature in San Miguel in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 17°C.

A typical spring day in San Miguel reaches about 17°C and drops to 5°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is November, the coolest September.

10°20°SepOctNov

How spring really feels in San Miguel

Once humidity and wind are folded in, spring brings about 0 days that feel above 32°C and 9 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
9
wind chill below the day's low

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

San Miguel weather by month

How the three spring months (September, October and November) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 20326.812.82.7
Feb15° / 18424.312.52.7
Mar15° / 16225.612.12.9
Apr15° / 7516.611.74.0
May16° / 185.211.35.7
Jun16° / -1°61.411.16.2
Jul16° / -1°61.811.26.3
Aug16° / 163.911.56.4
Sep17° / 441011.95.8
Oct17° / 7614.812.45.0
Nov18° / 8015.112.74.9
Dec16° / 14422.812.93.5

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time across spring.

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Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitationSnow

San Miguel gets around 200 mm of rain and snow over 40 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

0%20%40%60%SepOctNov

Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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Wind in Spring

Winds average 9 km/h across spring.

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Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min in early September to 12 h 48 min by late November. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMSepOctNov

Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 7.7 kWh/m².

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Planning a trip in spring

Hazard calendar for San Miguel

In seasonPeak

None of San Miguel's seasonal hazards peak in spring. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do.

San Miguel's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is spring a good time to visit San Miguel?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

5.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
1.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

spring is a reasonable time to visit San Miguel for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Miguel in Spring

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

In spring, San Miguel sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 40 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in San Miguel in Spring

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Miguel peaks around February 9 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 19Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is San Miguel?

San Miguel sits at 15.5°S, 70.1°W, 3,831 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Juliaca, 3.0 km away.

La RinconadaIsla del SolCopacabanaYauri

Topography around San Miguel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Miguel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 3,826 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 604 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,579 m.

The land around San Miguel is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
604 m
80 km
1,579 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Spring weather nearby: Juliaca 3.0 km · Puno 42 km · Ayaviri 82 km · Ilave 83 km · La Rinconada 119 km · Isla del Sol 122 km · Copacabana 136 km · Yauri 158 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 San Miguel (-15.478°, -70.125°, elevation 3,831 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.