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Cusco in February

ok · worth considering

The year in Cusco

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  1. Cusco in January: ok
  2. Cusco in February: ok
  3. Cusco in March: ok
  4. Cusco in April: good
  5. Cusco in May: good
  6. Cusco in June: sweet spot
  7. Cusco in July: good, busy
  8. Cusco in August: good, busy
  9. Cusco in September: sweet spot
  10. Cusco in October: good
  11. Cusco in November: ok
  12. Cusco in December: ok
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
February at Cusco is 16°C by day and 8°C at night, with 22 rainy days and about 9 hours of sun a day. 16C max, 22 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high16°C
Nightly low8°C
Feels like, afternoon17°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more22 · 150 mm
Humidity77%
Sunshine9.2 h/day
Daylight12.5 h/day
Hiking7 of 28 days dry and 10–27 °C
Crowds100 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the centre: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

February: quiet. Busiest in July and August; quietest in February.

Cusco in pictures

What to pack

  • Warm layers for the evenings, which drop to about 8°C.
  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 22 rainy days and 150 mm.
  • Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 77%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type A and B and C plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Nuevo sol. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Everything for Peru: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Cusco: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

February elsewhere

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