{"id":119,"date":"2016-06-13T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2016-07-27T20:55:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T20:55:30","slug":"weather-on-salkantay-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/weather-on-salkantay-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"Salkantay Trek Weather Along the Route"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Weather on Salkantay\u00a0Trek<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Weather on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salkantay trek<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is very varied, due to the fact that it winds its way through wildly different terrain at different altitudes. The only place where weather is a serious concern is the\u00a0<em>Salkantay<\/em> Pass, and the nearby areas. Temperatures here, and at the nearby <em>Soraypampa<\/em> campsite, can fall below freezing. The other camps are much warmer, due to their proximity to the cloud forest.<\/p>\n<p>AVERAGE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN CUSCO<\/p>\n<p>The months September, October, November and December have a nice average temperature.<br \/>\nOn average, the warmest month is September.<br \/>\nOn average, the coolest month is January.<br \/>\nThe monthly mean minimum and maximum temperatures over the year in Cusco, Peru (FAHRENHEIT)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-temperature-peru-cusco-fahrenheit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-temperature-peru-cusco-fahrenheit.png\" alt=\"average-temperature-peru-cusco-fahrenheit\" width=\"702\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-temperature-peru-cusco-fahrenheit.png 702w, https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-temperature-peru-cusco-fahrenheit-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Weather on <strong>Salkantay trek<\/strong>\u00a0monthly mean minimum and maximum temperatures over the year in Cusco, Peru (Celsius)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-temperature-peru-cusco.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-temperature-peru-cusco.png\" alt=\"average-temperature-peru-cusco\" width=\"702\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-temperature-peru-cusco.png 702w, https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-temperature-peru-cusco-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most rainfall (rainy season) is seen in December &#8211; March .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-raindays-peru-cusco.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-raindays-peru-cusco.png\" alt=\"average-raindays-peru-cusco\" width=\"702\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-raindays-peru-cusco.png 702w, https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-raindays-peru-cusco-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVERAGE HUMIDITY OVER THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>This is the mean monthly relative humidity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-rainfall-peru-cusco.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-rainfall-peru-cusco.png\" alt=\"average-rainfall-peru-cusco\" width=\"702\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-rainfall-peru-cusco.png 702w, https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-rainfall-peru-cusco-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AVERAGE WIND SPEED OVER THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>This is the mean monthly wind speed (meters per second)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-wind-speed-peru-cusco.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-wind-speed-peru-cusco.png\" alt=\"average-wind-speed-peru-cusco\" width=\"702\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-wind-speed-peru-cusco.png 702w, https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/average-wind-speed-peru-cusco-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>know more about your travel destination in Peru, the best tourist destinations such as Cusco city and Machu Picchu, Arequipa and Colca Canyon, Puno and Lake Titicaca. besides other interesting for your trip to Peru issues.<\/p>\n<p>This Trek is a great alternative to the Inca Trail. Going this route, you\u2019ll be able to visit some of the most beautiful places in the Andean jungle and see the snow covered Salkantay Mountain (altitude is 6372 m). You will have the opportunity to see beautiful landscapes with a variety of endemic flora and fauna and stop by part of the Inca trail, Llactapata, which is an enclosure built on the mountain facing Machu Picchu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather on Salkantay\u00a0Trek Weather on Salkantay trek\u00a0is very varied, due to the fact that it winds its way through wildly different terrain at different altitudes. The only place where weather is a serious concern is the\u00a0Salkantay Pass, and the nearby areas. Temperatures here, and at the nearby Soraypampa campsite, can fall below freezing. The other camps are much warmer, due to their proximity to the cloud forest. AVERAGE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN CUSCO The months September, October, November and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/weather-on-salkantay-trek\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10,5],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-salkantay","tag-salkantay-trek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}