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How unusual is the weather? Graded against ~45 years of local climate history.

Arequipa, Peru climate

Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Arequipa, Peru, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is November, averaging a high of 20°C, and its coldest is July, with an average low of 3°C.

Arequipa is a city in southern Peru and the capital of Arequipa Province and the Department of Arequipa. With a projected population of 1,195,700 in 2025, it is the country's second most populous city after Lima. via Wikipedia

How today compares

Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Arequipa, Peru's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.

High 21°C Very High · 97th pct
Low 9°C Near Record · 99th pct
Feels-like 5°C Near Record · 99th pct
Humidity 3.7 g/m³ Above Normal · 69th pct
Wind 9 km/h Near Record · 1st pct
Precip 0 mm Dry

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Arequipa average temperatures by month

Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Arequipa, Peru, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is February (3 mm on an average day).

MonthAvg highAvg lowAvg precip
January 19°C 7°C 0 mm
February 19°C 7°C 3 mm
March 19°C 7°C 0 mm
April 19°C 6°C 0 mm
May 19°C 4°C 0 mm
June 18°C 3°C 0 mm
July 18°C 3°C 0 mm
August 19°C 3°C 0 mm
September 20°C 4°C 0 mm
October 20°C 5°C 0 mm
November 20°C 6°C 0 mm
December 20°C 6°C 0 mm

Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.

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Record extremes

  • Hottest day on record: 25°C on 1991-02-25
  • Coldest day on record: -2°C on 1992-09-13

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Percentiles compare each day to Arequipa, Peru's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →