CLIMATE
Peru, its geographical location, has a predominantly tropical climate with abundant rainfall, high temperatures and lush vegetation, but this characteristic is affected by the presence of the Andes mountain chain that crosses and aft to which joins the current Peruvian Anticyclone the South Pacific, resulting in a diverse climate. This is the coast (rivers of the Pacific Ocean and western foothills of the Andes) has a low precipitation, which totals 50 billion annually. on average, excluding the area north of the country, which exceeds 500 mm. in the years of invasion of Equatorial Contracorriente, when rainfall was recorded.
In the High Sierra or Andean zone climate is varied, depending on local topography, temperatures depend on the height of the rise and rainfall vary between extreme limits ranging from 100 to 1000 mm. andalusia years.
It is characterized by a cold dry tundra (Cordillera Negra), while the Cordillera Blanca is located within the climate of high mountain snow. Transferring the high peaks of the Andes to the east shows another arrangement of climatic zones and in the valleys of Alto Huallaga and Marañón rather dry steppe climate is temperate climate with moderate rainfall in summer
the climate of tropical rainforest permanently wet and rainy
Temperature.
The average temperature in summer - from mid-December to mid-March - is 25 ° C. In the winter, which is characterized by its gray days, humid and cloudy, the average temperature fluctuates between 12 and 15 ° C.
In general, the weather varies in different regions of Peru. On the coast, winter-wet and cloudy-runs from June to September. On average, the minimum temperature is 14 ° C. In summer temperatures can reach above 28 ° C.
In the mountains the sun shines all year round in the morning, but the temperature drops at night, reaching an average of 5 ° C.
In the jungle, the climate is tropical. In these two regions, the rainy season begins in December and ends in April.
