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Puno

Peru

vs

Climate

Puno logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Trujillo's 12 — Trujillo wins by 12. Puno also leads on sunny days by 14.

PunoTrujillo
Sunny days
309295
Hot days
00
Frost days
510
Rainy days
17642
Outdoor dinner months
0/1212/12
Avg wind
2.4 m/s2.2 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,2163,036
Darkest month sun
176 hrs/mo185 hrs/mo
UV peak month
15.512.2

Puno

Feels-like °C

15
14
14
14
13
12
12
13
15
16
16
15

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

Puno averages 14.4 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Trujillo's 15.6 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Puno breathes ~8% cleaner air (1.3 µg/m³ lower).

Puno

Trujillo

14.4µg/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.

Puno (130K) and Trujillo (991K) are 7.6x in population — Trujillo is the larger metro, Puno the smaller; on land area Trujillo spans roughly 3.6x more ground.

5.3x

Trujillo is roughly 5.3x the scale of Puno

Combined population & area comparison

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5.3x
PE flagPuno
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PE flagTrujillo991K7.6x
2.PE flagPuno130K1x
Area
1.PE flagTrujillo94 km²3.6x
2.PE flagPuno26 km²1x
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6.4 km8.2 km

PE flagPuno

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

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Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
PunoTrujillo

Frequently asked about Puno vs Trujillo

How does the climate compare between Puno and Trujillo?
Sunny days: 309 vs 295 d — Puno higher Annual sunshine: 3,216 vs 3,036 hrs — Puno higher Winter sunshine: 176 vs 185 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 0 vs 0 d — Similar Frost days: 51 vs 0 d — Trujillo lower Rainy days: 176 vs 42 d — Trujillo lower
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