Callao
City in Peru: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Callao is a city in Peru. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Peru in our atlas.
It lies at 12.05° S, 77.13° W, about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Lima time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Callao. Green dots: other major cities of Peru. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Callao has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 24°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 12°C (54°F). Around 24 mm (1 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PeruNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Lima · 12 km
- Huancayo · 209 km
- Chimbote · 366 km
- Trujillo · 483 km
- Pucallpa · 495 km
- Cusco · 585 km
- Chiclayo · 656 km
- Arequipa · 776 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3946083 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q105037 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- SPORT BOYS VS CRISTAL - ESTADIO MIGUEL GRAU (53188443722): GORE Callao from Callao, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Parque de las leyendas entrada: Manuelito2021consupadre, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Callao monumental 19: Johnattan Rupire, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- HuacaCasaRosada: Fernando.servan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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