Best time to visit Cusco and Machu Picchu
Our pick for city: June to July.
The best months
- SunNo month we would really recommend
- CityJune to July
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The twelve months at a glance
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain |
| City | Fair, 43/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 43/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 43/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 44/100, Heavy rain | Good, 68/100 | Ideal, 84/100 | Ideal, 84/100 | Good, 75/100 | Fair, 56/100 | Fair, 47/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 47/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 45/100, Heavy rain |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 6°C | 239 mm |
| February | 14°C | 6°C | 223 mm |
| March | 14°C | 5°C | 180 mm |
| April | 14°C | 5°C | 86 mm |
| May | 14°C | 3°C | 31 mm |
| June | 14°C | 2°C | 15 mm |
| July | 14°C | 1°C | 15 mm |
| August | 15°C | 2°C | 26 mm |
| September | 15°C | 4°C | 44 mm |
| October | 16°C | 5°C | 93 mm |
| November | 16°C | 6°C | 125 mm |
| December | 15°C | 6°C | 205 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 8 h 40 min
- From YYZ : about 8 h 25 min
- From YVR : about 10 h 50 min
Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.
Getting to Cusco and Machu Picchu with points
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Where this data comes from
Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.
- ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).