Climate

Cajamarca logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Trujillo's 12 — Trujillo wins by 12. Trujillo also leads on sunny days by 47.

CajamarcaTrujillo
Sunny days
248295
Hot days
00
Frost days
00
Rainy days
18142
Outdoor dinner months
0/1212/12
Avg wind
1.2 m/s2.2 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,6233,036
Darkest month sun
154 hrs/mo185 hrs/mo
UV peak month
11.412.2

Cajamarca

Feels-like °C

19
19
18
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
19

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Trujillo

Feels-like °C

27
28
27
27
26
25
25
25
25
26
26
27

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Cajamarca averages 14.3 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Trujillo's 15.6 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Cajamarca breathes ~9% cleaner air (1.4 µg/m³ lower).

Cajamarca

Trujillo

14.3µg/m³
15.6µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Moderate
Sensitive Groups

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Cajamarca (276K) and Trujillo (991K) are 3.6x in population — Trujillo is the larger metro, Cajamarca the smaller; on land area Trujillo spans roughly 3.2x more ground.

3.4x

Trujillo is roughly 3.4x the scale of Cajamarca

Combined population & area comparison

PE flagTrujillo
3.4x
PE flagCajamarca
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PE flagTrujillo991K3.6x
2.PE flagCajamarca276K1x
Area
1.PE flagTrujillo94 km²3.2x
2.PE flagCajamarca29 km²1x
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6.5 km8.1 km

PE flagCajamarca

© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
11 km15 km

PE flagTrujillo

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
CajamarcaTrujillo

Frequently asked about Cajamarca vs Trujillo

How does the climate compare between Cajamarca and Trujillo?
Sunny days: 248 vs 295 d — Trujillo higher Annual sunshine: 2,623 vs 3,036 hrs — Trujillo higher Winter sunshine: 154 vs 185 hrs/day — Trujillo higher Hot days (>30°C): 0 vs 0 d — Similar Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 181 vs 42 d — Trujillo lower
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