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Best Time for Lima to the Cordillera Blanca
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Sweet spot: January, February, March. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
💡 Good to know
- This reviewed dry-season journey builds in a low-intensity Huaraz adjustment day before one authorised-operator visit to the Llanganuco lakes. Exact park access, weather and the traveller's response to altitude remain live checks.
- This high-altitude baseline is withheld outside May–September. Lima and the coastal archaeological sites remain separate possibilities, but they do not replace the mountain product advertised here.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C | 17.8°C | 32 mm | 12.5 h | |
| February | 7.4°C | 17.8°C | 38 mm | 12.3 h | |
| March | 7.4°C | 17.6°C | 41 mm | 12.1 h | |
| April | 7.0°C | 18.0°C | 26 mm | 11.8 h | |
| May | 6.2°C | 18.0°C | 21 mm | 11.5 h | |
| June | 4.8°C | 17.5°C | 8 mm | 11.4 h | |
| July | 4.4°C | 17.4°C | 9 mm | 11.5 h | ❄ |
| August | 4.9°C | 18.1°C | 7 mm | 11.7 h | |
| September | 6.2°C | 18.4°C | 10 mm | 12.0 h | |
| October | 6.6°C | 18.2°C | 21 mm | 12.2 h | |
| November | 6.7°C | 18.2°C | 31 mm | 12.5 h | |
| December | 6.9°C | 17.6°C | 43 mm | 12.6 h |