Chiclayo
City in Peru: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Photo montage Chiclayo: LLs, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Chiclayo is a city in Peru, in Lambayeque. About 609,400 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Peru in our atlas.
It lies at 6.77° S, 79.85° W, about 1 m (3 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Lima time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Chiclayo. Green dots: other major cities of Peru. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Chiclayo has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 25°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Sep at about 16°C (62°F). Around 82 mm (3 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
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.
What to eat in PeruNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Trujillo · 175 km
- Piura · 197 km
- Chimbote · 291 km
- Pucallpa · 611 km
- Callao · 658 km
- Lima · 663 km
- Huancayo · 780 km
- Iquitos · 801 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3698350 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q260911 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Photo montage Chiclayo: LLs, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)