Rainbow Mountain Peru Elevation

The elevation or the altitude is one of the most important factors you have to take into account at the moment to plan your Rainbow mountain tour, because many people came from different countries located usually under the 2000 meters about the sea level or even at the level of the sea, surely the next post and imagine content helpfully information.

We will give you the description of the altitude in meters and feet at each point you will visit from your arrival to Peru and also a short description of the temperature and weather.

Elevation and weather at Lima:

Lima usually is the city where the biggest part of visitors arrives when they start an adventure in Perú. This city is located between the 0 and 300 (984ft.) meters about the sea level and the weather we can find here is warm between the months of December and April whit temperatures between 22 and 27 Celsius degrees and is possible to find a long period between May and November when is possible to find weather fresh dry and windy. August is the coldest month of the year.

Elevation and weather at Cusco:

Cusco the main touristic destination of Perú is located at 3350 (1990 ft.) meters above the sea level, taking as a reference the main square or Plaza de Armas. The weather in this city has to specific seasons: Between May and October is possible to find a dry and cold weather whit temperature between -2 and 23 Celsius degrees and between November to April is possible to find rains whit temperatures between 5 and 24 Celsius de degrees.

Elevation and weather at Cusipata:

Cusipata is the point where usually are located the restaurants on the route to the Rainbow mountain of Cusco and is an obligatory stop point of this activity, it is located at 3310 (10859 ft.) meters above sea level. The weather in this small village usually has the same conditions as Cusco whit a rainy season between November to April, whit a dry and cold season between May to October. The temperatures are almost the same as Cusco

Elevation and weather at Phulawasipata the Parking:

Phulawasipata is the name of the final parking where your car arrives in the route to the Rainbow mountain and also the point where you start to walk. It is located at 4650 (15255 ft.) meters above sea level. And the weather is cold dry and windy between the months of May to October, the rainy season starts in November, and fishes in April. The temperatures in this place are always between -5 and 19 Celsius degrees.

Elevation and weather at First viewpoint:

The first viewpoint is located at 5150 (16896 ft.) meters above the sea in the same mountain past at the base of the same seven colors mountain because the location is a very cold and windy place.

Elevation and weather at the Main viewpoint of the Rainbow Mountain:

The main viewpoint is located in a small mountain exactly in front of the Vinincunca mountain at 100 meters from the first viewpoint at 5200 (17060 ft.) meters above sea level. This place is very cold and windy. Is the best place to take pictures because from this small mountain is possible to see all the landscape that surrounds the seven colors mountain.