vs

Climate

Iquitos logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Trujillo's 12 — Trujillo wins by 12. Trujillo also leads on sunny days by 114.

IquitosTrujillo
Sunny days
181295
Hot days
1970
Frost days
00
Rainy days
28642
Outdoor dinner months
0/1212/12
Avg wind
1.1 m/s2.2 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,1403,036
Darkest month sun
130 hrs/mo185 hrs/mo
UV peak month
9.612.2

Iquitos

Feels-like °C

31
32
32
31
31
30
32
33
33
34
33
32

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

Iquitos averages 23.6 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Trujillo's 15.6 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Trujillo breathes ~34% cleaner air (7.9 µg/m³ lower).

Iquitos

Trujillo

23.6µg/m³
15.6µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Sensitive Groups
Sensitive Groups

WHO classification

City Scale

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

Iquitos (73K) and Trujillo (991K) are 14x in population — Trujillo is the larger metro, Iquitos the smaller; on land area Trujillo spans roughly 2.8x more ground.

6.2x

Trujillo is roughly 6.2x the scale of Iquitos

Combined population & area comparison

PE flagTrujillo
6.2x
PE flagIquitos
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PE flagTrujillo991K14x
2.PE flagIquitos73K1x
Area
1.PE flagTrujillo94 km²2.8x
2.PE flagIquitos33 km²1x
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8.2 km9.0 km

PE flagIquitos

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11 km15 km

PE flagTrujillo

Who Thrives Here

Trujillo is the stronger fit for the sunshine lover. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
IquitosTrujillo
Thrives only in Trujillo
IquitosTrujillo

Frequently asked about Iquitos vs Trujillo

How does the climate compare between Iquitos and Trujillo?
Sunny days: 181 vs 295 d — Trujillo higher Annual sunshine: 2,140 vs 3,036 hrs — Trujillo higher Winter sunshine: 130 vs 185 hrs/day — Trujillo higher Hot days (>30°C): 197 vs 0 d — Trujillo lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 286 vs 42 d — Trujillo lower
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