Selva Alegre weather in July

In July, Selva Alegre sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 4 mm of precipitation across 1 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of July to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Selva Alegre's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Selva Alegre's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
7th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
4 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
6:18 AM – 5:25 PM
Cloud cover
20%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Selva Alegre is city in Arequipa, 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 16°C through the month.

A typical July day in Selva Alegre reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 18°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)
1161
2161
3151
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6151
7151
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10151
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13151
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How July really feels in Selva Alegre

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.

Selva Alegre weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 21027.70.312.92.3
Feb14° / 22226.90.112.52.1
Mar14° / 19028.6012.12.2
Apr15° / 8619.9011.63.4
May16° / 144.9011.25.8
Jun16° / 30.90.1116.5
Jul16° / 410.511.16.4
Aug16° / 82.40.511.56.6
Sep17° / 123.80.311.96.7
Oct17° / 256.20.112.46.2
Nov17° / 399.40.112.85.4
Dec16° / 10819.20.1133.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18713
28713
38713
48713
58713
68713
78713
88812
98812
108812
118713
128812
138812
148812
158911
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188911
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279010
289010
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309010
319010

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitationSnow

Selva Alegre gets around 4 mm of rain and snow over 1 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 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
131
231
332
432
532
632
732
832
932
1032
1132
1232
1332
1432
1532
1632
1732
1832
1932
2041
2141
2241
2341
2431
2531
2631
2731
2831
2931
3031
3131

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
2100
3100
4100
5100
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8100
9100
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24100
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28100
29100
30100
31100

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 6 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
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
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276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of July to 11 h 12 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 6:18 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:185:21
211.06:185:21
311.06:195:21
411.06:195:21
511.06:195:22
611.16:195:22
711.16:195:22
811.16:195:23
911.16:195:23
1011.16:195:23
1111.16:195:23
1211.16:195:24
1311.16:195:24
1411.16:195:24
1511.16:185:25
1611.16:185:25
1711.16:185:25
1811.16:185:26
1911.16:185:26
2011.16:185:26
2111.26:185:27
2211.26:175:27
2311.26:175:27
2411.26:175:28
2511.26:175:28
2611.26:165:28
2711.26:165:29
2811.26:165:29
2911.26:155:29
3011.26:155:29
3111.26:155:30

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.46 kWh/m² to a high of 8.26 kWh/m² in November across the year — July's 5.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
25.6Bright
35.6Bright
45.6Bright
55.6Bright
65.6Bright
75.6Bright
85.6Bright
95.7Bright
105.7Bright
115.7Bright
125.7Bright
135.7Bright
145.7Bright
155.7Bright
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185.8Bright
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205.8Bright
215.9Bright
225.9Bright
235.9Bright
245.9Bright
255.9Bright
266.0Bright
276.0Bright
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Selva Alegre

In seasonPeak

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

Selva Alegre'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 July a good time to visit Selva Alegre?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.5
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Selva Alegre for sightseeing.

What to pack for Selva Alegre in July

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

In July, Selva Alegre sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Selva Alegre in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Selva Alegre peaks around February 8 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 8UV 17Jun 21UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan17Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Selva Alegre?

Selva Alegre sits at 16.4°S, 71.5°W, 2,455 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Arequipa, 3.0 km away.

San Antonio

Topography around Selva Alegre

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Selva Alegre has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 471 m around an average of 2,490 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,849 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,158 m.

The land around Selva Alegre is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (38%) and shrubs (30%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (65%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
471 m
16 km
3,849 m
80 km
6,158 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Arequipa 3.0 km · Ciudad Satelite 7.0 km · Cono Norte 8.0 km · Jacobo Hunter 8.0 km · El Pedregal 71 km · Mollendo 89 km · Moquegua 111 km · San Antonio 114 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 Selva Alegre (-16.3706°, -71.5272°, elevation 2,455 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).