Macusani
Macusani | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Flag  Seal | |
  Macusani | |
| Coordinates: 14°4′9″S 70°25′52″W / 14.06917°S 70.43111°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Puno |
| Province | Carabaya |
| District | Macusani |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Augusto Ronald Gutiérrez Rodrigo (2011-2014) |
| Elevation | 4,315 m (14,157 ft) |
| Population | 11,707 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Macusani is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Carabaya in the region Puno.
Climate[]
Due to the extreme altitude, Macusani is a tundra climate and has very low temperatures, even during the warmest month of the year. According to Köppen and Geiger, this climate is classified as ET. The temperature here averages 5.0 °C. The rainfall averages 726 mm.
| Climate data for Macusani | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
14.0 (57.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
3.9 (39.0) |
1.5 (34.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
2.8 (37.0) |
5.2 (41.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
6.4 (43.5) |
5.0 (41.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
-0.0 (32.0) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
-0.0 (32.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 129 (5.1) |
119 (4.7) |
119 (4.7) |
45 (1.8) |
18 (0.7) |
5 (0.2) |
7 (0.3) |
14 (0.6) |
38 (1.5) |
54 (2.1) |
70 (2.8) |
108 (4.3) |
726 (28.8) |
| Source: Climate-data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
References[]
- ^ "Climate: Macusani". Retrieved 2 November 2014.
Categories:
- Populated places in the Puno Region
- Peru geography stubs