Cusco climate

Cusco Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Cusco, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 15°C on August 1 to 16°C on August 31, and lows from 2°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 9 mm over about 3 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Cusco, in °C, with the record for each date.-50510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
15°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
9 mm
Reanalysis high
21°CAug 19, 2009
Reanalysis low
-4°CAug 7, 1993
Daylight
11 h 31 min to 11 h 50 min
Cloud cover
49%
Humidity
72%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
9.7 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 115°C2°C18°C 2019-2°C 20074%
Aug 215°C2°C18°C 1995-2°C 20014%
Aug 315°C2°C19°C 1995-3°C 20014%
Aug 415°C2°C19°C 1998-2°C 20015%
Aug 515°C2°C18°C 1998-1°C 19935%
Aug 615°C2°C18°C 2015-3°C 19936%
Aug 716°C2°C19°C 2010-4°C 19935%
Aug 815°C2°C18°C 1991-3°C 19935%
Aug 915°C2°C19°C 1995-3°C 20196%
Aug 1015°C2°C18°C 2005-1°C 20126%
Aug 1115°C2°C18°C 2012-3°C 19997%
Aug 1215°C2°C18°C 2005-3°C 19997%
Aug 1315°C2°C18°C 1995-3°C 20018%
Aug 1415°C2°C20°C 19950°C 20018%
Aug 1515°C2°C18°C 2010-3°C 19917%
Aug 1615°C2°C19°C 2010-3°C 19917%
Aug 1715°C3°C19°C 1998-2°C 19917%
Aug 1815°C3°C19°C 2009-2°C 19997%
Aug 1916°C3°C21°C 2009-1°C 19996%
Aug 2015°C3°C20°C 20090°C 20016%
Aug 2115°C3°C19°C 1995-2°C 20146%
Aug 2215°C3°C19°C 1995-3°C 20147%
Aug 2315°C3°C20°C 1995-3°C 20147%
Aug 2416°C3°C20°C 1995-1°C 20147%
Aug 2516°C3°C19°C 1995-1°C 19947%
Aug 2616°C3°C18°C 19950°C 19947%
Aug 2716°C3°C19°C 20050°C 19946%
Aug 2816°C3°C19°C 19950°C 20156%
Aug 2916°C3°C20°C 2005-1°C 20136%
Aug 3016°C3°C18°C 2008-2°C 20126%
Aug 3116°C3°C19°C 1996-1°C 20136%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cusco, in percent.02468101102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-5).

August 1
sunrise 6:09 AM, sunset 5:40 PM
August 31
sunrise 5:53 AM, sunset 5:43 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.