Puquio Pukyu | |
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Town | |
  Puquio | |
| Coordinates: 14°41′38.21″S74°07′26.88″W / 14.6939472°S 74.1241333°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Lucanas |
| District | Puquio |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luis Alfonso Moya Mora |
| Elevation | 3,214 m (10,545 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 15,870 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Puquio (from Quechua: Pukyu, meaning "spring of water") is a town in Central Peru, South America. It is the capital of the province Lucanas in the region Ayacucho. [1]
| Climate data for Puquio (elevation 3,176 m (10,420 ft), 1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.4 (61.5) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.7 (63.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) | 7.1 (44.8) | 6.6 (43.9) | 5.3 (41.5) | 3.5 (38.3) | 2.7 (36.9) | 2.7 (36.9) | 3.4 (38.1) | 4.2 (39.6) | 4.9 (40.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | 6.2 (43.2) | 4.8 (40.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 109.6 (4.31) | 105.8 (4.17) | 103.9 (4.09) | 25.7 (1.01) | 3.4 (0.13) | 1.0 (0.04) | 4.5 (0.18) | 3.2 (0.13) | 6.2 (0.24) | 8.4 (0.33) | 8.3 (0.33) | 34.8 (1.37) | 414.8 (16.33) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [2] | |||||||||||||
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