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.
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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).
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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.
Trujillo is roughly 6.2x the scale of Iquitos
Combined population & area comparison
City Scale Rankings
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Who Thrives Here
Trujillo is the stronger fit for the sunshine lover. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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