Paucartambo Pawqar Tampu | |
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Town | |
| Panorama of Paucartambo | |
| Coordinates: 13°18′56″S71°35′30″W / 13.31556°S 71.59167°W | |
| Country | |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Paucartambo |
| District | Paucartambo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mario Condori Huallpa |
| Elevation | 2,906 m (9,534 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Paucartambo (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu, [1] meaning "colored tambo ") is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Paucartambo in the region Cusco. [2] Paucartambo is home to the colourful Virgen del Carmen festival (Our Lady of Mount Carmel), held each 16 July. Paucartambo's three-day Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen is one of the biggest street parties in Peru, and attracts tens of thousands of travellers, almost all Peruvian, each year.
| Climate data for Paucartambo, elevation 2,931 m (9,616 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.2 (70.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.2 (48.6) | 9.3 (48.7) | 8.9 (48.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 6.3 (43.3) | 5.1 (41.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 5.0 (41.0) | 6.6 (43.9) | 7.9 (46.2) | 8.7 (47.7) | 9.2 (48.6) | 7.4 (45.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 125.8 (4.95) | 124.6 (4.91) | 97.9 (3.85) | 40.5 (1.59) | 11.7 (0.46) | 8.0 (0.31) | 9.8 (0.39) | 16.3 (0.64) | 14.3 (0.56) | 43.4 (1.71) | 47.6 (1.87) | 95.6 (3.76) | 635.5 (25) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [3] | |||||||||||||
13°18′56″S71°35′30″W / 13.31556°S 71.59167°W