When to plant peas in Cusco: 13 July – 1 April

In Cusco, peas: sow straight into the bed from 13 July to 1 April.

Peas in Cusco: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (3 August); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of July.

Last spring frost	3 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of July
First autumn frost	14 June, 337 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 September – 14 June
Days left for picking	263
Daylight	11:23 on 13 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 2 rainy days

Peas in Cusco: care after planting

Planted on 13 July: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Cusco during the peas season

About 973 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (6 mm) and January the wettest (187 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	16.2	2	8	3	11:24
August	16.7	2.9	18	6	11:39
September	17	4	27	9	12:01
October	16.9	5.1	73	18	12:23
November	16.8	6	118	21	12:44
December	15.8	6.2	155	24	12:55
January	15	5.9	187	26	12:50
February	14.7	6.3	163	25	12:32
March	14.7	5.7	135	23	12:11
April	15	4.7	59	15	11:48
May	15.4	3.7	24	8	11:30
June	15.6	2.5	6	2	11:20

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas later than Cusco; the closest date is in Ayacucho, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ayacucho	247 km	15 July – 17 March	2 days later
Puno	332 km	15 September – 10 February	64 days later
La Paz	527 km	30 September – 5 February	79 days later
Oruro	719 km	5 September – 15 February	54 days later
Cochabamba	756 km	24 July – 8 April	11 days later
Sucre	942 km	15 July – 17 April	2 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Cusco

Seeds go straight into the bed from 13 July to 1 April; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Cusco OpenStreetMap lists 9 farm-supply shops and 23 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Centro Comercial El Molino I — market
Jirón Gamarra · Mon–Sun 09:00–21:00 · 1 km
Centro Comercial América — market
Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 · 1 km
Mercado de Rosaspata — market
Mon–Sun 07:00–15:00 · 1 km
Mercado de San Blas — market
Mon–Sun 08:00–16:00 · 2 km

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

When to plant peas in Cusco: 13 July – 1 April

Peas in Cusco: soil, season and weather

Peas in Cusco: care after planting

Weather in Cusco during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Cusco

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