Climate
Lake Titicaca has an Alpine climate with cool to cold temperatures for most of the year. The average annual precipitation is 610 mm. Winters are dry with very cold nights and mornings and warm afternoons. Below are the average temperatures of the town Juliaca in the northern part of the lake.
| Climate data for Juliaca, Peru (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.08 (62.75) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−7 (19.4) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
0.3 (32.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−0.78 (30.59) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 133.3 (5.248) |
108.7 (4.28) |
98.5 (3.878) |
43.3 (1.705) |
9.9 (0.39) |
3.1 (0.122) |
2.4 (0.094) |
5.8 (0.228) |
22.1 (0.87) |
41.1 (1.618) |
55.3 (2.177) |
85.9 (3.382) |
609.4 (23.992) |
| Source: Hong Kong Observatory, | |||||||||||||
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