Climate
Chiclayo logs 6 outdoor-dinner months a year to Trujillo's 12 — Trujillo wins by 6. Chiclayo also leads on sunny days by 26.
Chiclayo
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Trujillo
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Chiclayo averages 18.1 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Trujillo's 15.6 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Trujillo breathes ~14% cleaner air (2.5 µg/m³ lower).
Chiclayo
Trujillo
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Chiclayo (642K) and Trujillo (991K) are 1.5x in population — Trujillo is the larger metro, Chiclayo the smaller; on land area Trujillo spans roughly 1.9x more ground.
Trujillo is roughly 1.7x the scale of Chiclayo
Combined population & area comparison
TrujilloChiclayoCity Scale Rankings
Trujillo991K1.5xChiclayo642K1xTrujillo94 km²1.9xChiclayo50 km²1xChiclayo
Trujillo
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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