Best time to visit Ollantaytambo

Month-by-month weather averages for Ollantaytambo.

Ollantaytambo, Cuzco Department, Peru

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  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January13 °C / 55 °F4.9 °C / 41 °F270 mm / 10.6 inneither best nor good
February12.9 °C / 55 °F5.1 °C / 41 °F258 mm / 10.2 inneither best nor good
March13.2 °C / 56 °F4.9 °C / 41 °F250 mm / 9.8 inneither best nor good
April13.2 °C / 56 °F4.1 °C / 39 °F143 mm / 5.6 inneither best nor good
May12.7 °C / 55 °F2.8 °C / 37 °F65 mm / 2.5 inneither best nor good
June12.3 °C / 54 °F1.4 °C / 35 °F29 mm / 1.1 inneither best nor good
July12.3 °C / 54 °F0.7 °C / 33 °F30 mm / 1.2 inneither best nor good
August12.5 °C / 55 °F1.4 °C / 35 °F50 mm / 2 inneither best nor good
September12.8 °C / 55 °F2.6 °C / 37 °F95 mm / 3.7 inneither best nor good
October13.3 °C / 56 °F4 °C / 39 °F163 mm / 6.4 inneither best nor good
November13.7 °C / 57 °F4.9 °C / 41 °F201 mm / 7.9 inneither best nor good
December13.3 °C / 56 °F5 °C / 41 °F250 mm / 9.8 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: neither
  5. MMay: neither
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither

No month is good for this in Ollantaytambo.

Hiking and trekking

Cool enough to climb in, dry enough to enjoy, long enough days.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: best
  8. AAugust: best
  9. SSeptember: best
  10. OOctober: good
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
May–September
Good
April, October
Why these months
  • April · good

    In its favour: average daily high 13.2 °C / 56 °F, days with heavy rain 1.6 days, feels like (high) 12.7 °C / 55 °F, average daily low 4.1 °C / 39 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 86%, daylight per day 11.8 h, wind (daily max) 7 km/h / 4 mph.

    Against: wet days 27.9 days, precipitation 143 mm / 5.6 in.

  • May · best

    In its favour: average daily high 12.7 °C / 55 °F, precipitation 65 mm / 2.5 in, days with heavy rain 0.3 days, feels like (high) 11.4 °C / 53 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, average daily low 2.8 °C / 37 °F, daylight per day 11.5 h, wind (daily max) 7 km/h / 4 mph.

    Against: wet days 18.9 days.

  • June · best

    In its favour: average daily high 12.3 °C / 54 °F, precipitation 29 mm / 1.1 in, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, wet days 9.4 days, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, feels like (high) 10.4 °C / 51 °F, daylight per day 11.4 h, average daily low 1.4 °C / 35 °F, wind (daily max) 8 km/h / 5 mph.

  • July · best

    In its favour: average daily high 12.3 °C / 54 °F, precipitation 30 mm / 1.2 in, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, wet days 9.8 days, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, feels like (high) 10.4 °C / 51 °F, daylight per day 11.4 h, average daily low 0.7 °C / 33 °F, wind (daily max) 8 km/h / 5 mph.

  • August · best

    In its favour: average daily high 12.5 °C / 55 °F, precipitation 50 mm / 2 in, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, feels like (high) 11.1 °C / 52 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, daylight per day 11.7 h, average daily low 1.4 °C / 35 °F, wind (daily max) 9 km/h / 5 mph.

    Against: wet days 16.4 days.

  • September · best

    In its favour: average daily high 12.8 °C / 55 °F, precipitation 95 mm / 3.7 in, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, feels like (high) 12 °C / 54 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, daylight per day 12 h, average daily low 2.6 °C / 37 °F, wind (daily max) 8 km/h / 5 mph.

    Against: wet days 25.4 days.

  • October · good

    In its favour: average daily high 13.3 °C / 56 °F, days with heavy rain 2.2 days, feels like (high) 13.2 °C / 56 °F, average daily low 4 °C / 39 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 85%, daylight per day 12.4 h, wind (daily max) 8 km/h / 5 mph.

    Against: wet days 30 days, precipitation 163 mm / 6.4 in.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Portillo, 2187 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 12.9 °C12.7 °C13.1 °C12.7 °C11.4 °C10.4 °C10.4 °C11.1 °C12 °C13.2 °C13.8 °C13.2 °C
Days with heavy rain 10.2 days10.3 days8.3 days1.6 days0.3 days0.1 days0.1 days0.2 days0.2 days2.2 days5.7 days8.2 days
Time rain usually falls 1 pm1 pm1 pm3 pm2 pm3 pm3 pm2 pm3 pm1 pm1 pm1 pm
Sunshine per day 8.9 h8.3 h9.2 h10.2 h10.6 h10.5 h10.7 h11.1 h11.1 h10.6 h10 h9.2 h
Relative humidity 87%88%88%85%81%78%76%77%81%83%84%86%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20253.3 µg/m³3.7 µg/m³4.3 µg/m³5.1 µg/m³5.4 µg/m³4.9 µg/m³5.7 µg/m³6.7 µg/m³9.6 µg/m³5.4 µg/m³4.3 µg/m³3.9 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–20257.4 µg/m³8.5 µg/m³9.5 µg/m³9.8 µg/m³10.3 µg/m³9 µg/m³10.6 µg/m³11.7 µg/m³16 µg/m³10.3 µg/m³8.6 µg/m³7.9 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).