Climate

Pucallpa logs 1 outdoor-dinner months a year to Trujillo's 12 — Trujillo wins by 11. Trujillo also leads on sunny days by 61.

PucallpaTrujillo
Sunny days
234295
Hot days
2600
Frost days
00
Rainy days
18742
Outdoor dinner months
1/1212/12
Avg wind
1.3 m/s2.2 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,4643,036
Darkest month sun
158 hrs/mo185 hrs/mo
UV peak month
9.512.2

Pucallpa

Feels-like °C

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

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

Pucallpa averages 21.7 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Trujillo's 15.6 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Trujillo breathes ~28% cleaner air (6.1 µg/m³ lower).

Pucallpa

Trujillo

21.7µg/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.

Pucallpa (248K) and Trujillo (991K) are 4.0x in population — Trujillo is the larger metro, Pucallpa the smaller; on land area Trujillo spans roughly 1.6x more ground.

2.5x

Trujillo is roughly 2.5x the scale of Pucallpa

Combined population & area comparison

PE flagTrujillo
2.5x
PE flagPucallpa
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PE flagTrujillo991K4.0x
2.PE flagPucallpa248K1x
Area
1.PE flagTrujillo94 km²1.6x
2.PE flagPucallpa60 km²1x
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10 km9.0 km

PE flagPucallpa

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11 km15 km

PE flagTrujillo

Who Thrives Here

Trujillo is the stronger fit for the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
PucallpaTrujillo
Thrives only in Trujillo
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Frequently asked about Pucallpa vs Trujillo

How does the climate compare between Pucallpa and Trujillo?
Sunny days: 234 vs 295 d — Trujillo higher Annual sunshine: 2,464 vs 3,036 hrs — Trujillo higher Winter sunshine: 158 vs 185 hrs/day — Trujillo higher Hot days (>30°C): 260 vs 0 d — Trujillo lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 187 vs 42 d — Trujillo lower
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