1 Matter can be broken down into two categories: pure substances and mixtures. Pure substances are further broken down into elements and compounds. Mixtures are physically combined structures that can be separated into their original components.  A chemical substance is composed of one type of atom or molecule.
February (Inca Trail Closed) 1  Overview: Another wet month, and not the best time to visit to Machu Picchu. 2  Temperature: Daytime average highs are around 20 degree C (68F) and night time average lows around 8C (46F) 3  Humidity: Average daily relative humidity is around 66 %.
We are using day length and cloud cover information for each day of the month to calculate averages for this chart. Average sunny hours for Machu Picchu in January is 9.2 hours.