Question by ≈[⇒Lauren⇐]≈™: What is the weather like in Ica, Peru during June-July?

I believe it’s at the southern most tip of the desert?

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Answer by leomobile
The weather in Peru depends on the region you are going to visit.
Around the coast you can expect wet weather (90 to 99% humidity) and temperatures about 14 C.
In case of the highlands (Cusco and others) we have extremes. Daytime the sky is clear and the days are pretty hot (23 to 30 C.) but after 4pm. the temperature change quite drastically; June is not the coldest month around there but is the second coldest and you have to be prepared to deal with dry cold in between 0 and – 10C.
Warm clothing is very necessary especially if you are thinking about going for hikes in the mountains. (Inca trail, Salcantay trail, Choquekiraw, or others)If that’s the case I definitely recommend thermal clothing, wool hats, scarf and similar. Another recommendation for hikers will be to bring or rent the right equipment; be especially careful with the sleeping bags. Those have to be made for temperatures under -10 C. otherwise your camping experience can be quite unhappy.
The rain forest, despite the name becomes quite dry and rains just once every week or every two weeks, but you must be ready for anything so bring your rain poncho or rain coat. The temperatures would be normally in between 30 and 40 C. and as you can probably imagine the humidity is always around 95%.
As an additional info I can tell you that if you trip includes a visit to the SOUTHERN rainforest (Puerto Maldonado or Tambopata area in general)you must be prepared to face a phenomenon that happens once per month in dry months, it’s called “friaje” and it’s a cold wind front that comes from the Patagonian territories. If you have bad luck and the friaje comes when you are in the area and you have no warm clothing (at least a good jacket) you will regret badly.

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